“A potion that masks natural scent trails. Makes it almost impossible to track someone.” I look around, my irritation growing. My father was right; this female is almost certainly alive, which means I’m going to have to actually hunt her down instead of just retrieve a body.
“I’m sure I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Gareth says. “That girl was always getting into trouble. She probably just panicked and ran into the woods without thinking.”
“‘That girl?’” I turn to face him fully. “That’s an interesting way to describe your pack’s most powerful female.”
He blinks, clearly not expecting my reaction to his statement. “Well, she was powerful, yes, but she was also...difficult. Always questioning things, never knowing her place.”
The contradictions are piling up now. His daughter’s
