CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE

Orsina and I are trying out best to get out of the trailer. She’s shifted into bear form and managed to claw back a small metal panel, which I’m doing my best to pry open and unscrew using a blunt butter knife from one of the camper’s drawers.

Suddenly, just as I’m about to give up on this plan and attempt something else, there’s a massive THUD against the side of the camper. We hear Zach and Jasper pounding on the windows, shouting for us.

With their strength added to our efforts, they’re able to rip the window out of the camper’s wall completely. Orsina shifts back and scrambles out, with Jasper reaching in to help me do the same.

“What happened?” I ask. Jasper and Zach both look bloodied and battered. I jump into Jasper’s arms and he holds me tight, obviously grateful to see me again.

“We’ll tell you later,” Zach says, breathlessly. “For now, though, we’ve gotta get out of here.”

We race through the woods, all four of us shifting into our animal forms to make better t