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Kaynan, look out!” Colleen
shouted. Debra screamed.
    The lights towered above us a second before
the semi slammed into the front of the car. Our vehicle rolled and
glass shattered close to my head. The girls shrieked with fear and
I locked eyes for one brief second with Colleen, my best friend, my
confidant, and the only person who understood my rebellious nature
even if I didn’t. Her soft blue eyes filled with tears, then the
car started to flip.
    We rolled at least a dozen times as the semi
braked, then the car spun upside down in circles with the roof as a
pivot until we were slammed into by another vehicle. The force
jarred us off the road and into a ditch. I was flung through the
windshield and landed on the grass ten feet away on my back.
    I stared at the stars. They were so bright
and twinkled down on me like nothing had happened. Something warm
dripped into my eyes.
     
     

***
    “ Kaynan, Kaynan, wake
up!”
    I gasped and opened my eyes, shaking and
covered in sweat. “What’s wrong? What happened?” I asked, my voice
raspy.
    “ You had a nightmare. You
screamed and it woke me up.” Grace’s voice trembled as badly as her
fingers that touched my shoulder like a skittish butterfly. “What
were you dreaming about?”
    I shook my head, my mind still filled with
the smell of burning rubber and the shattering of glass. “Nothing.
It was a nightmare, like you said.”
    She sat back on her heels, her expression
doubtful, but I was grateful she didn’t press further.
    I glanced out the crooked door and saw that
the sun was rising. “Guess we should head out.”
    I handed her the last candy bar and offered
her an arm. “Your skin’s hot,” she said, concerned.
    “ I usually sleep warm.
Guess werewolfism added to that.” But by the time we reached the
library, my limp was so profound Grace was holding me up as much as
I was leading her.
    We waited against a tree near the library
and I must have dozed off with the weakness of the fever because I
awoke to Grace tapping my arm. “Kaynan, someone's close by.”
    I looked around groggily and spotted four
men climbing out of an SUV not far from us. A wave of suspicion
surged through me; I fought back the urge to bare my teeth.
    “ I think they’re from the
lab,” I said, rising carefully to my feet.
    “ What should we do?” Grace
asked, her voice tight with terror.
    Instinct tickled at the back of my mind and
I turned; four other men crossed the lawn toward us with guns
raised. A family having a picnic on benches near the library’s
manmade stream stared at them in fear. “Run!” I shouted. I grabbed
Grace’s hand and ran south across the lawn. Shots rang out behind
us and Grace screamed in fear, but she gripped my hand tighter and
kept up.
    “ Curb,” I said. She stepped
down smoothly and we darted across the street. A red truck barely
missed us and slowed the four men who followed on foot. The others
jumped back in the SUV and barreled across the lawn after us.
“Curb,” I shouted again. We stepped onto the sidewalk and ran down
the next road. A man walking a dog stared at us, then ducked behind
a parked car when the SUV bristling with armed men thundered our
way. I pulled Grace behind me through several unfenced yards, but
the pain in my leg and Grace’s blindness slowed us down. They were
catching up.
    Adrenaline surged through my system. My soul
cringed at becoming the beast again, but I knew it was the only
way. “Phase,” I shouted to Grace.
    Her eyes widened, but she phased beside me
into a sleek, light gray wolf. I tore off my sweatshirt and phased
next to her. The men on foot slowed and aimed their guns at us. I
bumped Grace’s shoulder with my own and she ran beside me, her
shoulder against mine.
    She stumbled over a curb, then a small
shrub, and we were past the rows of houses and into scrub brush and
sand. She stumbled again and I growled in frustration when the SUV
drove over the last curb and pursued us across the flat stretch