I ran through the forest feeling the wind bite at my skin and smiling through it. I’d missed this. I didn’t know how much until I was doing it. I flew through the forest at an easy speed I’d never reached before. I was actually keeping pace with Melissa, though I suspected she reduced her speed for me. Still, I felt no need to hold back my wolf and I was loving the feel of it.

“What does he know about all this?” I asked Melissa.

“He knows you’re missing and he knows Xavier has something to do with it. We tried to lie to him but he took one...