back into the city with them. How would that be explained?”
Jaylyn sighed and looked down at them. “I guess she’s right. How do you ah—go?”
“I think you just tell them. That’s what Trever did.” Zayden said.
Jaylyn sighed again. “Okay. You can go. Thanks.”
They bowed to her and began to dissolve back into the tiny flakes of gold from whence they came then filled back into the vial around her neck.
“I’m going to miss them.”
“I know.” Adele smiled. “Now, get on Ryon. We’re going back and you can sleep on me.”
“Okay.”
“One second actually.” I said.
Zayden sighed. “What are you doing?”
I smiled as I showed them the small bundle of cloth in my hand. “Borrowed this from Ruby. I’m going to make sure no one gets out.”
I turned towards the entrance of the hills and Troy turned his head with me. “It’s actually pretty smart. We wouldn’t want Jackal loose on the world. I’m shocked you thought of it.”
I was glad he was well enough that he still had his sense of humor but it still didn’t make me happy. “Hey! I can contribute more than just my good looks.”
Adele’s eyes rolled. “Just do it so we can go.”
I lit the string coming out of the bundle then threw it into the entrance and ran in the other direction. It exploded and rumbled the ground. Dirt flew all around us and the air was filled with a dusty haze.
“Well, that ought to do it.” I said through coughing and clearing the air around me. “She’s going to be sad she missed that.”
Jaylyn laughed. “Then we’ll tell her about it.”
“Not the same.”
“Are you ready?” Zayden asked.
I nodded and got on Jaylyn’s horse. “Yeah.”
“Do any of you have any food?” Troy asked. “If you want me to make it home, I’ll need some.”
“There’s some in my pack, Darius.” Jaylyn said.
I turned and opened the saddle bag on the horse and pulled out some bread. “Here, Troy.”
I tossed it to him and he caught it. “Thanks.” He wasted no time to start eating to get something in his stomach.
“Go ahead and get some rest after that.” Zayden said. “It will take a few days to get home and you two clearly haven’t slept.”
“I didn’t want to.” Troy said. “I knew you’d come.”
Chapter 15
Troy
If I slept at all on the way back; it wasn’t pleasant. I had to make sure I didn’t fall off Zayden while he ran but he did go nonstop just so we’d make it home.
“Before we go inside, how do I change back?” Zayden asked while we were in the stables to settle in Jaylyn’s horse.
“You really want to walk in there naked?” Ryon asked. It made us laugh.
“No. I have clothes in here that were packed from the start of our other trip.”
“Okay.” Ryon practically jumped out of the wolf and was human again with his clothes on. “Then find a safe place if you’d like and concentrate.”
“How’d you do that?” Zayden asked, a little annoyed.
“I’m dead, Zayden. I don’t have your limitations. Now, concentrate.”
Zayden walked with a sigh to an empty stall and pushed his way in. “Now what?”
“This is like doing the opposite. You’re human soul, your subconscious, has to tame the wolf. Show it who is boss and make it submit.”
“I really don’t like fighting with myself.”
“Either that or you could stay a wolf forever and your intimate life with your wife would cease to exist.”
“Easy, Ryon.” Adele said.
“Just telling him the facts. He would most likely kill you since right now he even puts Darius to shame.”
“Zayden, change back!” Darius said quickly.
If I had the energy to burst out laughing I would have but Zayden just found it annoying. “Okay. Just be quiet.”
We stood by while Zayden tried to become human again. I didn’t know what he was thinking about but it took several minutes until we could see him again.
“This feels weird.” He said. “Why do my legs
Jaylyn sighed and looked down at them. “I guess she’s right. How do you ah—go?”
“I think you just tell them. That’s what Trever did.” Zayden said.
Jaylyn sighed again. “Okay. You can go. Thanks.”
They bowed to her and began to dissolve back into the tiny flakes of gold from whence they came then filled back into the vial around her neck.
“I’m going to miss them.”
“I know.” Adele smiled. “Now, get on Ryon. We’re going back and you can sleep on me.”
“Okay.”
“One second actually.” I said.
Zayden sighed. “What are you doing?”
I smiled as I showed them the small bundle of cloth in my hand. “Borrowed this from Ruby. I’m going to make sure no one gets out.”
I turned towards the entrance of the hills and Troy turned his head with me. “It’s actually pretty smart. We wouldn’t want Jackal loose on the world. I’m shocked you thought of it.”
I was glad he was well enough that he still had his sense of humor but it still didn’t make me happy. “Hey! I can contribute more than just my good looks.”
Adele’s eyes rolled. “Just do it so we can go.”
I lit the string coming out of the bundle then threw it into the entrance and ran in the other direction. It exploded and rumbled the ground. Dirt flew all around us and the air was filled with a dusty haze.
“Well, that ought to do it.” I said through coughing and clearing the air around me. “She’s going to be sad she missed that.”
Jaylyn laughed. “Then we’ll tell her about it.”
“Not the same.”
“Are you ready?” Zayden asked.
I nodded and got on Jaylyn’s horse. “Yeah.”
“Do any of you have any food?” Troy asked. “If you want me to make it home, I’ll need some.”
“There’s some in my pack, Darius.” Jaylyn said.
I turned and opened the saddle bag on the horse and pulled out some bread. “Here, Troy.”
I tossed it to him and he caught it. “Thanks.” He wasted no time to start eating to get something in his stomach.
“Go ahead and get some rest after that.” Zayden said. “It will take a few days to get home and you two clearly haven’t slept.”
“I didn’t want to.” Troy said. “I knew you’d come.”
Chapter 15
Troy
If I slept at all on the way back; it wasn’t pleasant. I had to make sure I didn’t fall off Zayden while he ran but he did go nonstop just so we’d make it home.
“Before we go inside, how do I change back?” Zayden asked while we were in the stables to settle in Jaylyn’s horse.
“You really want to walk in there naked?” Ryon asked. It made us laugh.
“No. I have clothes in here that were packed from the start of our other trip.”
“Okay.” Ryon practically jumped out of the wolf and was human again with his clothes on. “Then find a safe place if you’d like and concentrate.”
“How’d you do that?” Zayden asked, a little annoyed.
“I’m dead, Zayden. I don’t have your limitations. Now, concentrate.”
Zayden walked with a sigh to an empty stall and pushed his way in. “Now what?”
“This is like doing the opposite. You’re human soul, your subconscious, has to tame the wolf. Show it who is boss and make it submit.”
“I really don’t like fighting with myself.”
“Either that or you could stay a wolf forever and your intimate life with your wife would cease to exist.”
“Easy, Ryon.” Adele said.
“Just telling him the facts. He would most likely kill you since right now he even puts Darius to shame.”
“Zayden, change back!” Darius said quickly.
If I had the energy to burst out laughing I would have but Zayden just found it annoying. “Okay. Just be quiet.”
We stood by while Zayden tried to become human again. I didn’t know what he was thinking about but it took several minutes until we could see him again.
“This feels weird.” He said. “Why do my legs
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