She was losing strength quickly, and I only felt one or two wounds from her attempt. When I knew for certain she had no fight left in her and she would not survive. I let her go. I didn’t have time to spare on celebrating my first victory. I turned around and kept running towards my goal. The closer I got to where I thought Cadence and Jon were, the more careful I was not to be spotted. The air was filled with the scent of strange wolves.
‘Cade, Jon, are you okay?’ I mindlinked the boys.
‘Amie!’ they both mindlinked back.
‘We are okay, but there are a lot of wolves outside who we don’t know,’ Cadence told me.
‘I know. I’m close. Are you in the small cave behind the pine tree?’ I asked.
‘Yes.’
‘Good job. That is the best place to hide around here. Stay where you are and stay quiet.’ I
