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tell anyone where you're going. N
through the phone. I stood at
y throat still stung, but I could talk n
haky breath. "I should have told you years
me w
oice cracked. "Just come.
mother never begged. She was the woman who'd once
ast mile on foot because my legs were sti
nk about any o
as I got to her place and
ans
came here was missing. The house
was on. A chair was knocked over. He
pine. "Grandma?" My voice came
came from th
owly, I tur
tted with red. Their heads were lowered, their muzzles dripping. And on th
e, blinking. One wolf lifted its snout. In
y grandmot
d and sw
es. My hands flew to my mouth. My whole body s
, no. Grand
lves t
its bones cracking and shifting. In seconds, a tall man stood in front of m
late," h
?" It came out in a broken whisper. "She's
new too much. Talked too muc
w wh
d me, studying me like a piece of meat o
a scarred man with a chipped tooth, laughed und
t's
ks like
. Let's see
blurred everything. My grandmother's face was tur
id softly and leaned down. "You know that? Said y
inside m
hadn't felt since the night before. Strands whipped across my fa
faltered. "Wha
ce, his chest, his throat. He caught my wrist and twisted. Pain shot
little
d at his shin. "Let
hed, delighted. "
he air. His brows pulled together. He stared at my ha
's h
ot ent
by a fraction. His eyes narrowed, studying m
an hide somethin
All three heads snap
pulled it out. He glanced at the screen. A s
he murmured. "
e name on the scre
a
friends. They exchanged a look, an
begged. My voice crac
He didn't answer. He let it ring and ring, l
told me as he tossed the phone to
stopped
crouched in front of me, his bloody fingers t
said, "that we kept
hey we
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