Nova
“Everybody in!!”
The voice was so low and commanding, I didn’t immediately recognize it as Principal Ferguson’s. With the help of a few other staff members, all the front doors were flung open wide as the line devolved, parents picking up their kids and flooding into the building.
The snarls of the approaching wolves should have been drowned out by the screaming of children, but somehow they sliced through the chaos, reminding us exactly why we should be panicking.
I picked up Emma, who was still closest to me, while Zane grabbed Lila and Aria, tucking each under an arm like footballs. We pressed forward, trying not to push anyone down as we shuffled desperately toward the doorways, the panicked parents and children shoving up behind us trapping us in the middle: a bottleneck of b
