Sage begins before I get the chance, showing and explaining what happened to him in Europe. I wince when he shares the experience of being bitten. It's the first time he's allowed me to know what really occurred. I'm with him on the dark road heading for the hostel, feel his sadness as he thinks of me, the way his heart rate leaps as a dark shape throws itself from the forest and lands on him-

"A wolf!" I gasp the word, looking down at him. "You ...