Elementals: Ice Wolves

were near the city again. Rumors they’d burned a farmhouse to the ground just last week, the farmer’s family still inside. “How far south do we have to go to dodge the guards?” Rayna asked, jolting him from that thought. It went without saying that they’d avoid them. Guards asked questions like “Where are your parents?” and other inconvenient things related to adult supervision. “At least ten streets,” he replied. “A couple of them were in wolf form, and I think they smell it if you’re worried.” “ Ten streets ? That doubles the distance to Trellig Square! Anders, if you knew we were going the wrong way, why didn’t you stop me?” She was all indignation, hands on hips. “Well, I—” But he gave up before he started. Maybe he should have tried harder. It sort of was his fault they’d come so far the wrong way. “I’m sorry,” he settled on. But she was already moving again, heading south. “We’ll go over the rooftops.” Hewas tall and gangly to her short and strong— though the twins shared the same black curls and

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