Temperance sat on one of the cushions, looking at me and nervously biting her lip, and I looked at her meaningfully, but she just looked down. I had a bad feeling about this. Tobias grabbed the black bag from the shelf and pulled out a small crystal, and it made me feel odd. ''What is that?'' I asked, looking away from it. ''It's a Kordock Crystal'' Delia told me as she sat down and gestured for me to sit down next to her. ''Well, that clears everything up'' I said uncomfortably, as the crystal's light was starting to burn my eyes. ''It will allow us to speak inside our minds'' Tobias explained ''Wolves of the same pack can speak through the link without the crystal, but as you aren't a wolf, and Tempy hasn't shifted yet, we'll need it to talk'' ''Why can't we just talk normally?

