Rhea

I froze in place. Had the thing really called me Veronica? Where had I heard that name before? Maybe I just heard it wrong.

I was just about to shift back and ask what was going on when the wolf’s head snapped to the right. I heard it too. Someone was walking this way. Its eyes went wide, and it ran off in the opposite direction. I couldn’t believe it. Surely, it could take whoever was coming in a fight. Why was it running?

Why ...