I didn’t speak the entire day. I kept my eyes away from all the other wolves, locked only on the ground. When we stopped for a break around lunch, I scrambled off my horse before Terrin could help me and moved away from the rest of them, sitting with my back against a tree, knees pulled up to my chest.
Brennan had rejoined the group midmorning. He hadn’t acknowledged me, just moving into position without a word. The rest of the wolves didn’t seem to think this was strange, so I refused to wonder about it. Refused to consider where he had been or what he had been doing. I was just lucky he hadn’t taken it out on me. If it had been Kai, that’s what would have happened. And the rest of the pack would have watched like it was a show.
Even the thought turned my stomach, so when Asher came to
