Chapter 15

It doesn’t take long to get back to Cassie’s. I pound up the steps into the trailer, slam the door, and sink to the floor, bracing it shut with my back, my ear to the cold metal, listening. Nothing.

I wait, trembling, until I hear wolves close by. They wouldn’t be running if the alpha heir was still roaming our territory.

I screw up my courage and sprint back to the Bogs. The sun’s fully set, but the fading pink in the west is more than enough to navigate by.

My heart doesn’t stop pounding until my feet touch the boards, and the familiar slosh of the marsh...