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"We didn’t know that"

Elizabeth barely breathed Had To for her article and come across the one she had written about coyotes and wolves? She hadn’t wanted them to read the article Sure it was available online, but she hadn’t thought they would have looked for Jake’s interview already and found her other article

Toht she heard a hint of aave her a shted to learn that he and his gray wolves had been right

Her sto, she worried how Lelandi would view it "You won’t tell Lelandi, will you?"

"She found the article first"

Her heart sinking, Elizabeth groaned "I never meant for her to learn of it I’m so sorry that she sahat I’d written"

"Don’t be, Elizabeth She says that makes the two of you even more like sisters She’s very happy for that"

Elizabeth took a deep, grateful breath The reason she had made the trip to Silver Town in the first place was toher rotten uncle, and she had ended up finding a hoave her a whole new outlook on her kind

Not that they didn’t still have real proble, the bitter cold and north-chilled breeze stirred up the snow, creating a whitein their snowshoes to reach Mr Winston’s house out in the country Like the others in the pack, they were ho skills than others, and Mr Winston was the best calculus teacher anyone could want

"You know our parents won’t be happy with us if they learn we’re headed out this far when they think we’re skiing at the resort," Minx said to Cody and Anthony as the two boys hauled a sled carrying groceries--bread, ht Mr Winston ht need

"So we don’t tell them If old man Winston lets it slip, we’ll at least have done the deed, and ould they say about it then?" Cody asked, his jester ski hat jingling with every step he took "It’ll be too late"

"It won’t be too late to ground us," Minx warned

"You didn’t have to come with us," Anthony said

"Of course I did"

They both looked back at her She couldn’t keep up with their longer stride, nothe sled But Anthony and Cody were always thinking up new schemes, and Minx wouldn’t be left out of an adventure for anything She liked old Mr Winston, too, and was just as worried that he couldn’t get into town to replenish his food when the snowstorm had hit Not that several members of the wolf pack hadn’t offered to help hiured he wouldn’thi as they didn’t have to do any rinned at her

"Your parents are betas," Anthony said to Minx, continuing to et into trouble When we all fell off that cliff that tiirl"

"Nah, not Minx," Cody said "Not even for one hour"

"Like the two of you should talk Your parents didn’t punish either of you"