MY STOMACH WAS QUEASY from aftereffects of the Tribunal’s dominance display and from the fact that it had been over thirty hours since I’d last slept. But I was too tense to nod off in the car...and not just because Wolfie was the world’s worst driver.
“Um, don’t forget to look at the road.” I’d meant to keep my mouth shut since I felt like I’d already gotten on my mate’s last nerve. But Wolfie’s tendency to be distracted by wildlife and clouds rather than keeping an eye on curves and other drivers was dangerous at the best of times. Now, with Ember conked out in the back seat in human form, I was suddenly twice as jittery about my companion’s lack of focus.
I half expected Wolfie’s lupine half to growl angrily at my passenger-seat driving. But, instead, his mouth merely twitched up on o
