I shift back to my wolf. Clearly, they are not backing down. I count the wolves as they start to step out of the forest.
I open the mind link asking Grace, "Didn't you say there were five wolves? I only count four."
Grace looks at the wolves before she answers. "There were five, I am sure of it."
Just as I am about to answer Grace, the four wolves in front of us change direction and start running away.
I mind link both Aiden and Grace. "They are heading for my car, they are going after Nicole. That is where the fifth wolf must have disappeared to, it went looking for Nicole."
The forest blurs past as Aiden, Grace, and I race toward the car in our wolf forms, our powerful strides eating up the ground beneath us. The scent of the wolves grows stronger, fueling our urgency. Through the
