Melanie took Lily with her to class, and Pepper and I dragged ourselves to bed. She was still a wolf, and kept yawning. All I wanted was to crash in bed and sleep. I’d been up since yesterday morning, and Pepper had been up even longer.
I climbed the first steps of the stairs and realized I didn’t hear her claws clicking on the wooden steps behind me. She was staring at the steps and huffed when I looked at her.
“Need me to carry you?” I leaned on the railing behind me. She ate a ton of food and slept the whole way here. She shouldn’t be this tired. Pepper let out a little groan and click-clacked up the stairs.
She pushed past me, and the door creaked as she shoved it aside. I followed her to our room and pulled out the leaf wrapped coin out of my pocket. I stared at it for a moment and
