Because it’s… it’s Jackson, standing across me, just begging Wright and his little crony to challenge him to a fight.
I lift myself to my elbows, looking to my left where Perry is holding his hands up and Wright is moaning, rubbing his back where it clearly hit a tree.
“We’ll go, all right!?” Perry shouts, glaring at Jackson and edging towards the ridge line. “Call it even!”
In an instant, Jackson shifts, his breath heaving in him as he shrinks in on himself and takes his human form again, one leg still spread on either side of my body. “Even!?” he snaps, clearly livid. “You want to call this f*****g even!? You were going to kill him!”
“Well, we didn’t,” Wright snarls, getting to his feet. “Come on, Perry, let’s go.”
As I watch, Wright turns, heading fast towards the edge of the ridg
