Chapter 97
On a sleigh just like the one I used to have, Baba, Jade, and Lee headed west out of Margin. Three of the Slipjoint wolf shifters, including the alpha, Jenk, led the sleigh in their human forms so they wouldn't scare and confuse Lee. My heart grew heavy as they left, our shared tears and warm embraces still suffusing every part of my body. Even Baba had hugged me, a brisk, silent one that had left me stiff with shock. Still, it'd been nice. Now they were gone when I'd just gotten them back. It would be safer for them in case of retaliation - I knew this - but it didn't make it any easier.
"It's time," Thomas said, hooking his fingers around my gloved ones.