After an uneventful tracking session, Paul and Allison ended up back at the lodge with the other crew. As Shannon had mentioned earlier, a lecture about wolf hybrids was in process at the main lodge. All guests of the lodge—including those not affiliated with the research project—were invited.
The presentation was just wrapping up when Paul walked in. He spotted Shannon sitting toward the back of the room and began walking her direction. She smiled when their eyes met. He found a chair and pulled it up beside her.
“How’d it go?” she whispered.
“It was quiet. Got kinda boring.”
“This has been great,” Shannon whispered, then motioned toward the speaker, a woman Paul had not met.
“Like every other issue involving wolves, ignorance is the biggest problem we face when dealing with hybrids,
