Chapter 27
We browbeat a master key out of the clerk in the motel office. Locked the door of my father’s room from the outside so he couldn’t come out.
Because I didn’t think it was a coincidence Dr. Hart had turned up so soon after the wolf mask was sighted. He was trolling for antiquities. No way was he following us tonight.
Instead, it was just the wolves and Val who headed out by vehicle then on foot once night shrouded the valley. The moon hadn’t yet risen and the sky was darker than I ever remembered it being. Maybe because of the overhanging evergreens and lack of city light pollution. Or perhaps because my wolf had thrown a temper tantrum just as we were leaving the motel, forcing me to knot the pack bonds tighter to prevent a shift.
I hadn’t severed the bonds as threatened, bu
