Chapter 14
Grandmother. It was almost as if my struggles with Kira and the resultant yearnings had created a family member where none previously existed. Not even realizing I was leaving Tank behind me, I padded down the road in the direction he must have come from, drawn forward by what I suspected was a pack-like bond but couldn’t confirm without werewolf blood to energize my latent skills.
Only, it turned out I didn’t need a turbocharge to solve the mystery. Because an old woman with a fox-like cant to her neck walked spryly out to meet me. “Granddaughter.” She was tiny but not wizened. Clearly Japanese in a way my sister and I were not. The stranger-who-wasn’t-a-stranger inclined her head ever so slightly, then frowned when I fumbled through a mirroring nod by way of reply.
And that
