Chapter 3It was well after noon by the time Josh dragged himself from his bed. He had lain there for nearly an hour going over what had happened the night before. It almost felt like a dream. Had Silverbane really given him permission to leave the pack?
Maybe he expected Josh to decline the offer. Or maybe he thought Josh would find the outside world too hard and come running back home. It didn’t matter why Silverbane was letting him go. Josh wasn’t about to let the opportunity pass. After all, it was exactly what he’d wanted since his mother had died. So why did he feel like it just wasn’t going to happen?
In the past when he had run away, the hours before he’d bolted were spent dreaming of what he’d do once he was free of the pack. There were so many details to consider. Finding a plac
