CHAPTER FORTY

JAMES’S POV

“Just come with me,” I say, hoping she’ll follow me without too many questions.

This decision has already taken a lot out of me. It’s already difficult to even think about doing this. I don’t have the strength now to answer questions. It’s too draining.

“Why?” she asks, because of course she does. “Where are we going?”

“Just trust me,” I say. “We don’t have time to go into it right now. And if I’m being honest, I still have to fully think this through. I still need to come up with the perfect words to say because it is a pretty big risk.”

“A big risk?” she asks. “What we’re doing is risky?”

“Of course, it is,” I reply. “Saving Ben’s life is going to come with a risk. But I know how much you love your brother. I know you’re willing to take risks to save him.”

“More than willing,” she agrees, just as I knew she would.

“Exactly,” I reply. “So, let’s go. We don’t have much time.”

She follows me out of the house and into the woods. Then, we shift into wolf form an