chapter 51

I grab a towel before walking out the back. Andrei, Mateo, and Ezra are standing in the backyard talking away as I make my way over to them with the towel draped over my arm. Moments later, we hear rustling in the forest, and Andrei instinctively turns before jogging off toward the tree line on the right-hand side. Halfway across the long backyard, Angie's wolf steps out of the trees, looking around nervously before seeing Andrei walk toward her. Her wolf seems cautious of him before stopping like she is paralyzed on the spot. "Is she going to run off?" I wonder out loud to Ezra when her wolf sniffs the air before racing towards him. Her wolf tackles him, but he seems to be expecting that as he grabs her. I rush over with the towel, knowing Angie will want it so she can shift back. Her wolf is all but mauling Andrei, licking his face, and jumping all over him as he sits on the ground with her thrashing in his arms. "Alia, I want to meet your human," he tells her wolf, who is excitedly