Chapter 21
I caught up with Rune and Kale halfway between where I’d left them and the mansion. I’d been concerned that a twelve-year-old human would be scarred by being charmed and kidnapped then taken halfway to Faery. Instead, Kale appeared to be as engrossed as his mother often got as he read off his cell phone.
“Force fire,” Kale noted as Rune grabbed a branch and twisted it out of the way to prevent the end from slapping them both in the face, “is started by friction.”
“That sounds simple,” I said, stepping out to join them. Less simple was the way Kale’s gaze skittered away from mine. Less simple was the fact that Rune was a Samhain Shifter and my pack had recently engaged in a battle with his comrades.
The latter c****d his head, and it was almost as if he understood what I was
