The air was a bit cold as Jeffrey and I walked quietly through the pack grounds, his easy grin and infectious laughter serving as a welcome distraction.
Tonight was a full moon, and in a few minutes, Alpha Kade would give his supreme howl—a call for all of us to gather at the edge of the pack's territory to the south. Jeffrey was leading me there, though he claimed this was just a "clear-your-mind stroll." On full moons like this one, the pack engages in a roaming-wild-and-free game, where we get to roam far beyond our borders into the no-man's-land that separates the Crystal Pack from the Oslow Pack in the south. Oh, my stupid self; I told Nixi to play dead. What was I thinking? She can't even read my thoughts; how do I summon her?
"Hey, are you sure you're fine?" Jeffrey asked, bringing me back to reality. He stood just opposite me, with his hand on my forehead as if taking my temperature.
