I GLANCED UP, BLINKING, as a sliver of rock struck my ankle. Benjie and Val had hunkered down beside me. The sun was lower. Considerable time had passed.
“You really think you can charge it?” Val asked, turning a rough-hewn wolf statue over and over between her fingers.
It was good someone was thinking ahead. Because we’d need two magic-infused statues in addition to the sacred place’s location. One for me in addition to the one we already had for Jacob.
After all, it now seemed irrelevant whether or not Claw would willingly let Jacob divorce his lupine spirit. Jacob was my student. The decision had already been made....
Faintly, the knot in the pack bond throbbed. My wolf whimpered. I rolled my eyes and got back to work.
“I don’t know.” Benjie’s voice cut into my planning a few secon
