(Nisha) We were on the road before dawn. The numbed confusion I felt thawed with every passing hour until I could barely sit still with the anxiety rolling through me. I wanted answers, but more than that, I didn’t want to know. Not yet. I trusted the wolves wouldn’t hurt my sisters, and even though I had only been away for a few days, I missed them. I wanted Soleil to explain everything to me in a way I could comprehend for once. I wanted them all to come together with a solution that made sense so I could go back to the confused life I lived, the ignorant bliss. Cameron didn’t ask me much, less than he did when we were looking for Laurel’s house. He only asked about the distance from the river, and I knew he knew. Knew that we were the ones that deprived that small pack from the

