NOEMI FOUND ALEXIS sound asleep where she had left the other wolf earlier that day. It made her frown because she didn’t want to wake the girl. There would be a lot for them to do, and it wouldn’t be easy on Alexis. The girl wasn’t an alpha, and Noemi didn’t know what she could handle. Something in her wanted to leave the girl there, and to abandon the plan. She shook her head. After everything she had told Alexis, she couldn’t abandon the girl. Noemi nudged Alexis with her toe, and the she-wolf suddenly jumped to a state of alertness. She rolled over, looking half ready to shift and bolt for her life, but calmed down when she saw that it was Noemi. The sun was just dipping below the horizon, and on the other side of the sky, the moon was rising. The first of the stars were appearing ab

