The story that a human had made contact with the pack quickly caught on. The pack had not received humans in many years. The only way to reach the Moon Howlers pack, which was tucked away in a dangerously dense jungle, was via it. If you didn't cross it to go to the road, nobody would know about it.

The location Matt was going, which wasn't even marked on the map, was something he had heard about from Nate. Matt was only kept in the dark about the fact that it was teeming with werewolves. Should he be aware of it, he would be overcome with fear and lack the...