Though well composed, the woman looked tired and shaken by the ordeal, like she’d been fleeing without rest for a long time. I sighed. “They’ll kill you if they catch you?”
“Most likely.”
I exchanged a glance with Aislin, whose twinge of sympathy formed my decision. “We’ll take you to our pack house and you can tell us more about you, where you came from.” I couldn’t let the dragons take another life, wolf or not. My attention dragged back to Billie. “And you. I’ll have David pick you up from the pack house. Mind your own business until then.”
My words made Billie shrink with obedience that angered me. I craved to meet her eyes again, but she wouldn’t budge.
The woman placed a hand on Billie’s shoulder. “Thank you for defending me,” she said quietly. “What’s your name?”
Billie sh
