Chapter 46

The shouting woman's voice came from the last room at the end of the hallway. "I'll drop it down as soon as I'm done," she yelled, and then softer, she said, "Thanks, Lager."

I stiffened against the wall next to the room, clenching my bow and arrow in my hand so tightly I was afraid it would snap. Heavy footsteps sounded within the room. More steps came down one of the hallways. Any second, they'd turn the next one and see me.

Now or never.

Quiet as I could, I raised my bow and rounded into the room. Sasha's gaze landed on several things right after the other. Lager was stepping through another doorway off the side of the room, his back turned. The woman faced the open window on the far wall, her arms moving frantically with something she held, her long red hair swaying down her back. And tucked into the far corner sat a wire cage with a wolf inside it.

Grady.