The sun was setting as we finished filling vials. Donovan had been gone for a while. He was with Sebastian and Muraco, finding a way to single out the bad pack members as soon as they joined the fight.
“These potions should be enough for us brujos,” Claudia said as she gathered up the little glass vials. “The rest of you will be shifting, right?”
Adrian nodded. “Yes. I think we’re all shifting.” I shook my head. “I’m not.”
“What? Why?” Meredith said. “You’ll be much safer as a wolf. Are you still afraid of changing?”
That wasn’t it at all. “No. I just have this feeling that I need to be human. I need to be able to talk to the witches. I need to be able to command the wolves. I can’t do that as a wolf.”
“But you’ll be without your magic and you won’t have the protection of teeth and cl
