After our meal, Aniu and I returned on our journey. We walked for the first hour before picking up speed and running. Josie had given us a vague idea of the towns in this area, but her pack didn't keep very up-to-date records, so there could be smaller ones in between that weren't on the map. We had to travel quietly for the most part, in case we came across anyone. Two shifters running in the middle of the night was suspicious, and we couldn't run during the day in case we were recognized. We weren't worried about townspeople recognizing us, especially not human towns but guards would definitely know what I looked like. We weren't sure whether people might recognize Aniu. Until recently, no one outside the Northern pack knew she existed. However, if Stone wanted her back, his allies

