Kiana
Whether it was exhaustion or lack of blood, I did manage to get a couple of hours of sleep. Just as the sun started to creep over the horizon, we headed out. Like I asked, Troy pulled his power in, and even I was fooled. He wasn’t hiding his wolf. That wasn’t possible, but when I focused on him, he just seemed like an average wolf shifter.
That would make things easier. My injuries were mostly healed, so I moved faster and easier on foot. Troy was never more than an arm’s length away from me, and I liked that even less.
He was also in a chatty mood.
“You didn’t respond to my order to shift,” he said casually as we walked. “Care to explain how that’s possible?”
“Maybe I’m stronger than you.”
His growl told me that it was the wrong thing to say. “As I’m sure you’ve already seen f
