I had no idea how long it took me to read through the chapter that they had intended for me to read, and after I had finished, I just sat there, trying to comprehend what I had read. At most, there had been a single paragraph that I had been able to understand, but barely.
“What are you trying to tell me?”
My question hung in the air, the silence that had started the moment that I had started reading, still managing to hang in the air. It felt like everyone had been waiting for me to start breathing fire, anxious eyes looking at me from pale faces.
“We’re trying to tell you that there’s a chance—a very big one—that Louella’s wolf is now Blairs’ wolf.”
The voice that spoke belonged to no one other than my mother and hearing her speak so calmly after she had snapped at me when I had
