”Michael nodded. I was still afraid, as if I’d reach for it and June would snatch it away at the last moment. Perhaps they walked away. Any reasonable man would do that.
”Miahua’s stance as she left was tense, all pent-up fears. His pack waits beside the back door, ready to go. Their mouths opened and closed as they called her name. The lights had been dimmed, leaving shadows everywhere, like a prelude to mourning.