Sadie I get out of my car and startle when I realize Deke’s right there on the lawn, a few feet away from my car. “Sadie?” Deke calls. He’s naked with blood marring his skin. He’s all ripped up. Has he been fighting? Behind him Rafe and Lance are tugging on their jeans. I see blood on them, too, and they all look shameful. I’ve broken up quite a few scraps on the playground, and I know those guilty looks. There’s a huge brown and white wolf behind them, lurking on the edge of the woods. Channing? Geez, these werewolves are big. “Who did this to him?” I demand in my best teacher voice. I glare at his friends who all grow more sheepish. My legs tremble, but I hold my ground. Deke makes a sound low in his throat and steps between his alpha and my line of sight. I refocus on him. “Deke.

