alleyways, rooftops, and subterranean dens, eac

kness itself, not just

om stopping to

as I negotiated the maze of streets; her re

er, but something told me she would keep returning

't know. She would be seen by them as a danger

danger. She burned too brilliantl

to force myself to concentrate. Tonight, I

closed metro tunnel. His face was austere,

late a

im saying,

ugh the air smelled strongly of mildew and rust,

s voice quiet. Cain has begun moving his

planning some

outside of the city. Notes. Separ

ned to face him.

discomfort in his eyes. "He finds you to

the surface, I closed my

have recently missed work. The pack sees it. I perceive it

responding

his ri

ided us to a concealed stash Cain ha

ctory, a reminder that I wasn't only

e faint buzz of voices came to me. Sens

I said quietly. 'Armed.' T

stern look. "What d

ision and

issed us approaching. One crumpled beneath Milo's f

. One of them drew a pistol, but I

he other sprang at him, their co

n a few sho

nscious corpses. The surge of adrenaline co

ed my head when I exam

just himself. He was ge

lthough the raid had raised spirits, it had not elimina

I entered; her huge ey

rch and disc

acked knowled

certainty. The pack was losing trust, and I had n

thers retired for the evening. A reminder of the bigger game

, there

ill, stayed with me. She had gone too ne

an just risky.

n't be able to persua

l

before me like an unresolved riddle. Though it had left me shook

d his movement. He had something basic, something that

uld not

The warehouse raid was rejected by him as ju

n simply a burglar. He was the secret to some

ctures I had shot of the warehouse. Some

saw that

enged him. Though it was weak, nearly imperceptible, it w

d as the pieces of a jigsaw I kn

more than just pilfers of big

ng more profou

ing ha

i

ax. My head was a tempest, every idea louder

e

h. Before me the city opened out like a sea of shadows and

amiliar pull of the transformation. Still,

enses to extend to lis

it then

e

uite near.

tincts ablaze. S

i

ow

her into the darkness if

ver the truth there