“I knew something wasn’t right,” Natalie spat out rather than greeting us. Every shifter in my clan was watching, head c****d to ensure they caught the entirety of our conversation. I grabbed my friend’s free elbow and Kale placed both hands on her shoulders to push her forward. Between us, we barely managed to get her moving back toward her car. “My mother told me I might as well go home,” Natalie continued, words moving faster than her feet were. “She said I was wearing a hole in her carpet. Which was literally untrue but metaphorically correct.” Despite the dimness as we moved further away from the fire, I could see Rune’s mouth quirk. He thought Natalie was funny. I usually thought so too...when I wasn’t about to admit to doing far worse than dropping her baby on its head. So I wai