24
Fern
In the morning, we found footprints in the snow. A man had paced outside our cave and left before dawn. I made Svein take me to where they disappeared in the bracken. I did not see whether they turned back into a wolf’s.
“It was him. Dagg returned.”
Svein’s face tightened. “If he turns again into the monster, I must drive him away.”
“No, don’t.”
Svein had already turned away, marching back to the cave. I grabbed at his hand, but he didn’t slow.
“You think you can save us?”
That stopped me in my tracks. I let Svein’s hand go. “I must.”
“I should send you back to the pack and the Alphas.”
“There is nothing for me there.”
Shaking his head, he grabbed his axe and set a log on its end to split it.
“If you send me back, I will do everything I can to return. I will not stay wh
