25

A few miles later, Dom announced he was going to call it a night. I walked him to his cabin.

“Are you going to keep at it?” He, like me, was sweating through his shirt. He wasn’t tired; I think our conversation just made him miss Tavi.

“Yeah. Now that we started, my wolf is eager to keep going.” He was running around inside me. “I think I’ll shift and do another lap.”

“Okay. See you in the morning. And Night?”

I’d turned away from his cabin, but when he said my name, I looked back at him. He was smiling.

“Thanks. I think I needed this.”

I smiled back. “I think I did, too.”

I felt much lighter after talking to Dom, and the run had really helped tire me out. I was eager to get back to my mate. I jogged to get back to the trail. On the way, I passed the library. It was dark because it was closed, but I saw a candle flicker in one of the windows.

The sight brought me up short. It was probably just a wolf doing some late-night reading, but my gut told me I should investigate. I altered cou