Chapter Two I slipped a business card into the crack of the door and left another hooked behind the plastic apartment numbers before heading back. I overheard a few of the landscaping crew talking about a giant wolf and hustled to the vehicle to find Nicoh sitting behind the wheel, looking quite pleased with himself as he howled out the window, sharing his tale of woe with anyone within earshot. His shark-like grin broadened when he saw me, and his tail whipped back and forth as he hopped to the passenger seat and popped his head out the window for scratches like he’d been there the entire time. “Behaving ourselves, I see.” I received a round of delighted whoo-whoos when I gave his head and muzzle my full attention, before settling behind his ears to finish my penance for leaving him be

