#Chapter 139: Caught

My body awakens to his presence - Kadeem's energy radiating from the cover of darkness. Everything stops in its tracks, including my own heartbeat, which seems to catch in my throat. Then it pounds like mustang hooves giving chase, clopping hard against the prairie dirt. The shadows between the trees come alive as two sets of eyes glint in the moonlight. Jack rustles anxiously next to me and the wolves step out into the clearing, morphing into their human forms while they walk toward us. A small sigh escapes Jack's lips and he looks up to the stars, as if to question the gods, or breathe a wordless prayer for his imminent misfortune. My mind scrambles for any sort of explanation that would make this encounter less damning, but I'm coming up on empty, and suck in a breath. "Sorry," Kadeem says smoothly. "Did we interrupt?" His tone is falsely upbeat. Anger simmers beneath his calm exterior. It’s crackling dangerously inside him, like a live wire, warning me not to push him. It's a w