I hear them all chasing me, not just Caine, ignoring them in the effort to run as fast as I can. For all I know, the Californian pack leader hasn't taken the bait, but I doubt it. The challenge is something no were of his arrogance could possibly ignore.

I pour everything I have into that run, my wolf howling in my head as I reach for depths of speed I've never tested, almost flying as I skim the floor of the forest. No were will ever catch me, ...