tching the city get smaller and smaller. Caleb's up front with Sarah. She's really quiet and stares at

where I went. Some are from Derek, my boss, asking why I left the party early. But I just can't dea

again. I've asked this each time we s

e where we're safe. We have a s

be there t

s while I've been looking. That worries me more than anything else.

ys at last. "Last I knew

it. It means Marcus could win the fight. And if Marcus wins,

ffic. Trees hug both sides, and it's so dim that the lights barely light t

also a dodge. I need time to think. I need fres

umming. I dart to the restroom way in the back. The lights glare and I have to squint. I stare at

ff is felt. My nose picks up smells I've never known. I smell everyone who's been he

ut from under mine. They're a weird secret I'm holding. I run the cold

water and a bar. "You need fuel," he says. "Y

want to e

s, not mean at all

per. Sarah floors it now. The road is bare, just us. Trees cro

s time. Ethan messaged, my heart skips fast:

oute," I shar

lly. Alpha stuff. Alphas

I say. "I har

it or not. It's inked in your veins now. Baby

pair like t

g in his tone, just truths. "Stopped bein

es hard. Tires scream, cars swerve to t

Caleb asks, qu

shapes crawl in the dark. Big, dark, he

tells me. He's moving

" I ask, fear

Gold wolf eyes burning bright. "It's wor

anged fast, like a light flickered. Now a big brown wolf stood where Cal

e, saying, "Stay

g on?" I the

cent from the road. Talk goes around about Ethan's girl a

. Sarah then changed and jumped out, and I'm alone now. So very alon

thump. Wolves fight wolves, but my eyes can't see it. I just sit

ear. The fight ends. Even wolves hush. The

, a helmet in hand. His arms show ink, and his eyes look mean.

il. The wolves fighting Caleb and Sarah scoot back too. Th

pite the dark hiding me. He grins, his

oth yet frozen. "Tell Marcus we found Ethan's love. Tell him to br

et that I'm stuck. And I see tha