SAMMY
Fifi’s wings beat hard as we rose in the air. I tried to catch my breath as the air thinned. “That was…”
“Not good,” Fifi said, her voice strained.
“Are you okay?” I asked, trying to look up at her. She had a pained expression and definitely was not moving as quickly or easily as I knew she could. I wondered if her body was still recovering from the effects of the ember.
“I do not wish to hurt the other wolfies, but they were trying to hurt my wolfies,” she said.
I felt pain along my bond. Something was happening to Gentry. We were too far above the trees for me to make out anything happening below us. “Please stay alive. We’ll figure this out,” I tried to tell him. A hollow ache pulsed in my chest, but he said nothing.
“We need a safe place,” Fifi said.
“I don’t think an
