“Excuse me?” I wasn’t sure how she snuck up on me, but I didn’t like it.
“This is a sacred ceremony. Tonight is a blood moon; if the Gods are angered by your presence, they will punish us tenfold.” Patricia glared at me but kept her distance, like I might pounce at any moment.
“Pepper brought me. I’ll leave when she does.”
“Pepper shouldn’t have brought you here; it’s disrespectful. I can’t imagine what her Gran would say.” She clutched at the shawl around her neck like it could protect her from me. Her fear tainted the air, making my headache worse.
“I can’t imagine what she’d say either, since she’s been missing for a month.” I tried to walk away, but she followed me.
“Don’t talk about her like that; such disrespect! Pepper shouldn’t be with a werewolf; it’s unnatural, disrespectful
