LUCAS'POV . . . . . . . . . . . I knew I had to call Marshall. I needed him back in town to explain things and help me handle whatever was going on. So, I picked up my phone and called him, hoping he would come back. "Marshall," I said when he answered. "There's something important here. The nest is not the same without you, and these fangs tell a story we need to understand." I told him about the fangs, the warmth, and the strange symmetry. I asked him to come back, to guide us through whatever mysteries were unfolding. "Marshall, please. The nest needs you, and there are things happening that we can't handle without you. Whatever secrets you left behind, they're causing trouble now." There was a moment of silence, and then Marshall spoke. "Lucas, the path I'm on is not easy to chan

