CHAPTER 26Ala…” Kira began and stopped herself. Seeing her rescuer and champion behind bars was horrifying. “Oh my God!” she gasped, covering her face with her hands. Alaric rocked the cage and grasped one of the bars with his jaws, tugging at it with all his might. She noted the cage was locked with a chain and padlock. “Oh God, not this!”
“It’s okay, Kira. It can’t hurt you,” Walking Bear said, putting his arm around her shoulder. That seemed to incense the wolf further, and it snarled and lashed out at the bars with renewed fervor.
Her stomach was churning now, and she felt like she was going to throw up. She steeled herself. “Damn it, James! This isn’t the wolf.”
He looked at her. “It isn’t? Are you sure?”
“Yes, I’m positive!” She looked at Alaric.
Get me out, Kira, Alaric said. I
