***MICHAEL POV***
"Watch this" was the only goddamn warning I got before I instantly thought the ground was lava.
But yes, Phoenix caught fire.
And every person here shifted into their wolves except Kristy and stood in attack formation behind me.
I focused directly on Richard through Phoenix's eyes and felt my head begin to pound. It took me a second to realize that I was forming a link with him. This answered the question of whether or not I could link with a wolf outside of the pack because as of a minute prior, Richard was not.
"No, you're not," I declared through the link. "You're not the Phoenix wolf. You're not the Alpha-in-Waiting. You're not any of those things. You're not even a member of Crescent Woods anymore. I gave you a chance to make something
