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Oh That was probably Jase

Of course

And it explained the ani to all of my extensive research, coyotes and wolves arenʼt exactly BFFs

So,into an animal once a month I already knew soedcompletely honest with ), Alexʼs olf statusa were-coyote did not n, different froht I knew It was as if I had been betrayed in some deep, irreconcilable way

How could they keep a secret like that frory, as washurt and confused I donʼt knohat I ht have done if I had been left to ine it would have involvedsome wild accusations atIn fact, I was on my way to do just that when my phone vibrated

Chapter 10

I stared blankly at the bedside table Who would be calling at 2:47 AM?

I checked the caller ID, but didnʼt recognize the number Panic started to bubble up insidetabs on oing to be eli Or, maybe I would be carted off to so I would have to share a cell with one of those scary s and tattoos

I nearly jumped out of my skin when the phone in e that read, "Itʼs snowing"

Weird

I went to the , cupping ht was pitch black, but I could see a few tiny flakes blowing underneath a utility light

I could also see the boy who stood underneath it, looking up at me

Thankfully, I took the ti into the wintery night air Of course, if I had knoas going to be hiking through the woods, I ht have taken the extra thirty seconds to make sure they were actuallya hearth the forest, I let hi off into the woods in the ht with a knoolf was not the best idea I ever had Soh, I couldnʼt be bothered to care It probably had sothe silence

He stopped walking and looked around, staring in the direction of ood"

"Here" was a patch of forest that looked identical to every other patch of forest we had walked past At least there was a giant log I could set on My feet ached fro up and down hills in Jaseʼs boots

"So" I said, plopping down on a sturdy looking brach, "to what do I owe this visit? Was no one in Montana up for a snowy ht stroll?"

Alex sat on the trunk opposite ainst one another "Donʼt know I never made it that far"

"You couldnʼt make it to Montana in a y?"