Dex and Travis say nothing as they usher me to the house. They don't need to say anything though. I can feel it, sense it, as if it was tangible in the air.
They're tense, looking around at the yard and watching me like a hawk, as if they're unsure if a threat lurks around the corner or if I'm going to run. And yet, they have said nothing of the stranger I saw in the woods. Malachi. They didn't even mention having sensed him, or questioned who I had been talking to. I wonder if he was sent here as some sort of test for me? To see how I would react to another wolf approaching me in a somewhat similar situation like Caspian had?
I quickly dismissed the thought though. There was something in Malachi's tone and face that made me think he wasn't lying and no one could be that good of an impro
