Chapter 16
"So this...this pack that kicked you out," I said, feeling like I was stepping on shaky ground. "Would they ever come to finish the job?"
"I doubt it," Archer said.
"Probably so," Grady said at the same time.
"Well." I nodded. "That clears everything right up."
"We're not even in the Crimson Forest," Archer said. "We're right on the edge, in the Slipjoint Forest. Neutral ground. That's what Faust said anyway."
Faust, as in the guy above rank from Gabriel, who we sold the poison to. Had Baba known all this? That he was dealing with wolf shifters the whole time?
"Slipjoint Forest..." I began. "Is that where you found me, Grady?"
"Mm-hmm."
Slipjoint Forest bled right into the Crimson Forest. If I'd made it there, I'd gone a little too far north, but not much. The two forests converged around Old Man's Den, where I still needed to go...