Chapter 27
It was almost as if Claw had hung back, giving me the opportunity to use the statue on myself if I needed to. Because the moment I accepted the inevitable, he flung out orders across the cave.
“Harry and Theta, you restrain him. Val, get on Jim Kelter’s back and be prepared to hold his muzzle shut once the statue is in there.”
“Olivia.” I only realized I’d become lost in the wolf President’s eyes when Claw’s voice pulled me out of my reverie. “Are you with us?”
He wanted to know if I was going to redevelop cold feet. While I was literally chilled to the bone, I was now a willing participant. After all, even if we were about to murder the President’s wolf as thoroughly as my own wolf had just killed Blackburn, sometimes it was worth making sacrifices for the greater good.
So
