would.
“Hey,” he said, coming up the aisle to where we were. “I figured I’d find you here.”
“You knew Rayna was here?”
He glanced past me to Rayna. “I knew her shop was here, and I kind of figured she might have made her way south.”
“I was just telling Alexis about the runes.”
“Runes are important,” he agreed. “The ones you get on your wrists and forearms when you turn explain who you are.”
“It’s really hard to pay attention to them at the time. I’m so caught up in what’s happening to me I don’t think to look at my arm. I’ve seen mine, but I haven’t really paid attention to them.”
“You’ll learn soon.”
“But I want know what my marks mean.”
“Then you’ll have to remember what they look like and get Rayna to tell you. Or just get her to cast the runes for you. Your marks, at least some of the them, should show up in a casting.”
Turning my hand, I let the stones dribble from my palm back into the bowl. I turned slowly to Rayna. “Is that true?”
She shrugged, the loose cotton of her dress making a wispy sound. “For some, it is true. For others, it doesn’t work at all.”
“You have to have a strong force,” Myles interrupted, and Rayna frowned at him.
“What does that mean, a strong force?”
“If your werewolf spirit is strong enough, it will affect the casting of the runes. That’s all.”
“So if you can’t tell anything from mine, it means I have a weak spirit?”
“No, it doesn’t mean your spirit is weak, it’s just not a spirit that speaks to the runes.”
“Do the casting thing now.”
Rayna shook her head. “No. It is not a casting ‘thing.’ You don’t just do the casting for a werewolf. There are preparations that must be done, rituals, food, dress.” She waved her hands in the air as if there were so many more things to be done than even what she had mentioned.
“She’s right, Alexis. We’ll come back to town another time, and then you can get her to do it. You’ll have to plan ahead.”
“I’ll call and tell you when it will be a good time,” Rayna assured.
“Okay, then. I guess we should go. The others will be looking for us.”
Myles and I made our way to the front door with Rayna behind us.
“Be careful, you two,” she said before letting the glass door swing shut behind us.
I turned to say we would, but she had disappeared into the store already.
“So how was your shopping?”
For a moment, Myles’ face froze, and a flash of panic flared in his brown eyes.
“I…” He stopped, and I realized that he didn’t have a bag in his hand. He hadn’t bought anything.
“It’s okay,” I said quickly, not giving him time to try to make an excuse. “I haven’t bought anything yet, either. Let’s just run in the next store and grab some shorts.”
He nodded, and we hurried off, neither of us bothering to question the other.
Chapter Seven
“Stand up straight.”
I glanced over my shoulder at Yadira.
“Straight and face the front,” she ordered.
I sighed and turned back around only to see Brynna’s reflection in the mirror in front of me. She lounged in a chair just behind the woman who was holding a measuring tape to my back. I watched her sigh and get up from the chair to hold the end of the measuring tape.
“It’s important for this to fit right, Alexis.” Brynna pressed the tape hard against my shoulder.
Yadira, now at my side, nodded. “The suit will protect you when you fight the werewolves while you remain in human form.”
Brynna snorted. “She’ll have to learn how to actually remain in human form before the suit does her any good. So be sure you don’t wear it until you figure that out.”
Yadira waved a hand at the redhead, who returned to her chair. She smiled at me. “Never mind Brynna. You’ll learn to control your change, then you will wear your savalin.”
She tugged a sleeve that would later be part of my coat onto my arm. Piece by piece, each part of the
“Hey,” he said, coming up the aisle to where we were. “I figured I’d find you here.”
“You knew Rayna was here?”
He glanced past me to Rayna. “I knew her shop was here, and I kind of figured she might have made her way south.”
“I was just telling Alexis about the runes.”
“Runes are important,” he agreed. “The ones you get on your wrists and forearms when you turn explain who you are.”
“It’s really hard to pay attention to them at the time. I’m so caught up in what’s happening to me I don’t think to look at my arm. I’ve seen mine, but I haven’t really paid attention to them.”
“You’ll learn soon.”
“But I want know what my marks mean.”
“Then you’ll have to remember what they look like and get Rayna to tell you. Or just get her to cast the runes for you. Your marks, at least some of the them, should show up in a casting.”
Turning my hand, I let the stones dribble from my palm back into the bowl. I turned slowly to Rayna. “Is that true?”
She shrugged, the loose cotton of her dress making a wispy sound. “For some, it is true. For others, it doesn’t work at all.”
“You have to have a strong force,” Myles interrupted, and Rayna frowned at him.
“What does that mean, a strong force?”
“If your werewolf spirit is strong enough, it will affect the casting of the runes. That’s all.”
“So if you can’t tell anything from mine, it means I have a weak spirit?”
“No, it doesn’t mean your spirit is weak, it’s just not a spirit that speaks to the runes.”
“Do the casting thing now.”
Rayna shook her head. “No. It is not a casting ‘thing.’ You don’t just do the casting for a werewolf. There are preparations that must be done, rituals, food, dress.” She waved her hands in the air as if there were so many more things to be done than even what she had mentioned.
“She’s right, Alexis. We’ll come back to town another time, and then you can get her to do it. You’ll have to plan ahead.”
“I’ll call and tell you when it will be a good time,” Rayna assured.
“Okay, then. I guess we should go. The others will be looking for us.”
Myles and I made our way to the front door with Rayna behind us.
“Be careful, you two,” she said before letting the glass door swing shut behind us.
I turned to say we would, but she had disappeared into the store already.
“So how was your shopping?”
For a moment, Myles’ face froze, and a flash of panic flared in his brown eyes.
“I…” He stopped, and I realized that he didn’t have a bag in his hand. He hadn’t bought anything.
“It’s okay,” I said quickly, not giving him time to try to make an excuse. “I haven’t bought anything yet, either. Let’s just run in the next store and grab some shorts.”
He nodded, and we hurried off, neither of us bothering to question the other.
Chapter Seven
“Stand up straight.”
I glanced over my shoulder at Yadira.
“Straight and face the front,” she ordered.
I sighed and turned back around only to see Brynna’s reflection in the mirror in front of me. She lounged in a chair just behind the woman who was holding a measuring tape to my back. I watched her sigh and get up from the chair to hold the end of the measuring tape.
“It’s important for this to fit right, Alexis.” Brynna pressed the tape hard against my shoulder.
Yadira, now at my side, nodded. “The suit will protect you when you fight the werewolves while you remain in human form.”
Brynna snorted. “She’ll have to learn how to actually remain in human form before the suit does her any good. So be sure you don’t wear it until you figure that out.”
Yadira waved a hand at the redhead, who returned to her chair. She smiled at me. “Never mind Brynna. You’ll learn to control your change, then you will wear your savalin.”
She tugged a sleeve that would later be part of my coat onto my arm. Piece by piece, each part of the
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