Chapter One Hundred and Forty Eight

Khai’s POV

How have I lived with these two kids without noticing that they hold an age-old gift between them?

Neither one nor the other can exercise their own without the other.

It’s a gift that is as rare as the world we live in, and it hasn’t been recorded for decades I—in the history of wolves.

I can’t believe I hadn’t noticed their strange behaviour.

But knowing what I do now, I can summarise that Calley has been using her gift around us on occasion.

It’s in the way her usual bubbly behaviour was more subdued and quieter.

Or the fact that she seemed overly quiet, whereas she would generally talk your ear off.

And then I think of Arlo, who is always missing, never having a known location when he should be around. But I guess he is around somewhere.

Perhaps Theo likes it that way; maybe having Arlo hidden is a strategy and constituency plan in case there is a breach in safety.

Not knowing he’s there, and not expecting him to strike, is a clever plan.

And considering he’s been trai