The Golden Claw by K A Faul

Author:K A Faul [Faul, K A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BrixBaxter Publishing
Published: 2019-02-22T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

The next afternoon, Mina found her conscience less troubled as she popped a berry into her mouth.

Stupid berries better not start sending me sad little messages of fear or whatever. Though with the way things are going, I wouldn’t be surprised if they do tomorrow. Time to become a werecactus.

The rest of the pack lazed about in human form, most resting against tree trunks, all except Thomas who still stood. They’d been marching through the forest as wolves all morning and some exhaustion had crept into their muscles.

Their acting alpha crossed his arms as he surveyed the other wolves. “We’re making good time. I’ve got no problems with your performance so far.”

Mina gave him a mock salute. “I’m going to be honest, Thomas. Thus far, I’m not exactly feeling the tension. It’s been more like a nature hike than anything else.”

“She’s right, br—Thomas,” Jorge offered. He shrugged.

Ryan and Anna nodded their agreement.

Thomas chuckled. “You should be happy and not surprised. It’s not like anyone expects trouble on Earth. More importantly, you’ve spent more time as wolves than humans, and you’re getting completely comfortable with eating in wolf form and drinking from streams.”

“I’ve done that before,” Mina said.

“Yeah, but you always knew, in the back of your mind, your house was there for you at the end of the day.”

“Okay, I’ll give you that.”

“Think about how it’d slow us down if we had to bring a lot of gear with us. You’re experiencing a valuable lesson in the power of werewolves to sustain themselves in the field.”

Mina shrugged but didn’t bother to mention she was getting increasingly less comfortable with eating in wolf form. She’d never heard of a wolf failing a Rite of Passage because of a sudden attack of vegetarianism, and she didn’t want to be the first one. Besides, it was more honest to kill her own food than buy it at Gold Burger or the grocery store.

Two birds rested on a branch high above her, watching the pack. Tension radiated off then. Mina was sure of it. She just didn’t understand why she was so sure what the birds were feeling. They didn’t look any different than thousands of other birds she’d seen throughout her life.

The birds weren’t the first animals she’d spotted that seemed so freaked out. Of course, five werewolves on the prowl gave plenty of reasons for animals, two-legged or four, to be worried. She could be overthinking the whole thing.

Thomas took a deep breath as he looked over the Initiates. Mina knew full-lecture mode was coming, and she shifted her butt to get more comfortable.

“Now that we’re on to the second day,” Thomas began, “I wanted to make our next moves clear.”

“We just have to get to the portal,” Ryan said. “Right? You just told us you’re not expecting any trouble until we get to Esper.”

“You use a lot of magic portals back in Idaho?” Thomas raised a brow in question.

“Uh, no.”

Mina snorted. “Enlighten us, our glorious alpha, on what deadly fate awaits us if we aren’t ridiculously careful.

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