Chapter 18

"Forgive me, William," Eric whispered to his mentor's grave. "I kept my promise for twenty years. Now let me keep one last promise to myself." The human world felt alien after two decades of isolation in werewolf territory. Eric had suppressed his wolf nature so completely that he could pass for fully human, just another middle-aged man traveling alone. The seaside town hadn't changed much, its narrow streets still winding between cottages that had stood for centuries. But the inn I'd once...