Chapter 56

Trying to be as quiet as possible, I slowly crawled along the branch, dropping to a lower branch once one was near enough. I repeated this action with two more branches, eyeing the ground below me with some caution. I wasn't too far up now, and my landing shouldn't make too much noise. I swung myself below the branch and then released it, landing on my feet in the thick grass behind Gabriel's house with a soft thud. I couldn't waste time now. I quickly took off towards the nearest copse of trees, stripping my clothes off and tying them around my ankle in record time. I easily welcomed the contortion and burning sensation that the Shift brought. It had been too long since I had last Shifted; in fact, I hadn't been in this form since I had started living with the Black Mountains pack. My Wolf yipped with excitement, stretching her long, powerful legs. Where should we go? She asked me, tone lighter than I had heard it in days. Let's just run for an h