The wolf looked genuinely offended now — like I'd insulted its mother, its ancestors, and its entire bloodline. It started toward me, and I realized I'd made a terrible mistake.
El, run! Fao's voice tore through the bond — desperate, terrified, furious. RUN!
But I couldn't run. The black wolf had circled around while I was focused on the brown one, blocking my escape route to the car. The tawny one was closing in from the side, herding me toward the trees.
They weren't trying to kill me. They were corralling me. Like prey.
I grabbed a rock from the ground — fist-sized, jagged — and held it like I knew what to do with it. "Stay back. I'm warning you—"
The brown wolf lunged.
I swung the rock, but it ducked under my arm, its massive body slamming into my chest. I went down hard, the air
