When my brain became clear again I saw them. In the tunnel, I had thought they numbered five at the most, but this was far more. Easily a dozen wolves formed a loose ring around us. They sniffed the hot sand and searched around with a whimper.
“What do you mean you lost track of her?” Livius growled. “You can’t have lost track of her. You got a whiff of her before everything happened there’s no way she got away from you. You were made to be superior to the previous versions, don’t make me regret creating you.”
They whimpered as they sniffed the ground and released whimpers as they cowered on the ground. Despite our being right in front of them, they couldn’t see us. One of the more ambitious wolves was even close enough for me to touch. I’d just have to reach out to stroke his fur.
“If
