They left for Bloodfang at midnight.

Just the two of them.

That had been the plan from the beginning and neither of them had suggested changing it. Lyra had offered. Cort had offered. Marina had said no to both and Silvain had not contradicted her, which meant he had arrived at the same conclusion independently.

The Bloodfang raid required the bond mark to open the Sacred Den. The bond mark was between Marina and Silvain. Every additional wolf was a variable that complicated a mission that was already complicated enough by the things neither of them had said yet about where they were going.

They ran in silence.

Marina kept...