Oh, no.
Lucien rose to his feet. He put Ralph down and stumbled away from the garden bench.
"LUCIEN!"
Bjorn grabbed Lucien's shoulders hard and stopped him in his track.
Lucien raised his head and gave the bigger man a bewildered look.
"I have to go," he said. "Ronan needs me. He..."
"You can't!" Bjorn insisted. "I will go. I promise you that he will be just fine. You wait here and..."
"NO!"
Lucien pushed hard at Bjorn's shoulders.
"Stop coddling me!" he shouted angrily.
Not wanting to waste any more words with Bjorn, Lucien transformed into his wolf form in an instant and ran past Bjorn, ignoring the latter's calls.
The sudden appearance of a giant wolf with a brown-red coat from within the Night Prowler Pack House's periphery was so unexpected that the guards were not sure what to do at first.
