The ground hummed under his touch, and then it quaked. The vibrations moved across the floor, and into the gathering.

Around then, stones trembled and dust rose. The wolves felt the vibrations climb into their skin and cling there, then they felt something within the vibrations.

Someone's heartbeat. Elijah's heartbeat.

It was trying to resonate with their own, and it did. Their wolves stirred restlessly within them, and most of them clutched their hearts in response. For the first time in ...