Elias made sure to keep holding my hand the whole time. He didn’t want to let go in case we got separated. And in these woods, that could happen easily—they were dense and tough to navigate.
We had been walking for close to three hours when I began to hear something in the distance. I came to a stop, and Elias halted beside me. It felt strange to me, because I hadn’t had any werewolf abilities until I turned sixteen—just a few days ago. But now, I was hearing everything. I had the enhanced senses, like sharper hearing and better vision. I could tell I was stronger than I used to be, though still nowhere near as powerful as Elias or the rest of his pack.
So when I suddenly stopped in the middle of the forest, Elias grew worried.
“I hear something,” I said.
“Crap,” he muttered under his
