I stayed where I was and watched it happen because that was all I could do. Ezra finally turned from his father and looked out over the field.
That should have pulled the whole pack back into place. Some wolves straightened under his gaze and some did not, and the difference between those reactions was small on the outside and catastrophic underneath.
“Enough.” Ezra said.
His voice was not a shout. He did not need to shout. For a second the clearing quieted.
Then someone near the back muttered. “If it was enough, we wouldn’t still be standing here like this.”
I did not see who said it. I saw the effect. The wolves nearest that voice shifted uneasily and another answered from somewhere to the right.
“Careful.”
“Why? We all saw it.”
The elder looked like he wanted control and did not
