Throughout the evening, the whole pack looked for Rex and any evidence of the other Wildclaws, but found nothing.

Julien and Lacey were talking about precautions to protect the pack when Scar walked up from the forest, wearing a hoodie, a T-shirt, and jeans, her eyes wide as if nothing were amiss. "What's going on?"

"Rex was here talking to someone," Lacey answered.

But Scar ignored her, only talking to Julien. "Who saw it?"

"She did." Julien nodded toward Lacey, ...