“I don’t know!” Lola said, nearly shouting out the words. She was frustrated, angry, and still coming down from the emotional distress of everything she and Russel had just been through. She had been pushed past the edge of terror over and over again and she still wasn’t back to being okay. The added pressure of knowing that two different werewolf kingdoms wanted her dead wasn’t helping.

She stopped bathing him and took a step back. Tears sprang to her eyes and her body ...