“Ahh, but Shane. I know you’re lying now.” I tapped my chest and looked over my shoulder at John Henry’s approaching footsteps. Strangely, Reed walked at his side. He gave me a weighty look, but kept silent as he stopped just inside the open barn doors. “Thank you for joining us, John. Our guest is going to get one last chance to tell the truth, and if he doesn’t answer every single question truthfully, you’re going to dose him with wolfsbane to loosen his tongue.” John Henry nodded and dug a syringe and vial of murky, green-tinted fluid from his healer’s bag. “Please, don’t do this. I don’t know anything!” I shook my head sadly at the mess of a wolf. “You do. Now we just need to know what. Are you ready, John?” “Yes, Alpha.” “Shane Russo, did you or any member of Pack Russo kill my

