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asks Roger.
    â€˜Trust me.’
    I glance at the big, grey werewolf in front of me. His lips are pulled back in a snarl, revealing some very sharp teeth. He looks like he’s going to pounce, but something else tells me he’s not going to, and neither is the white werewolf.
    â€˜It’s okay,’ I tell him calmly. ‘We’re not going to hurt your cubs.’
    He still looks like he’s going to pounce, but I see his eyes soften.
    â€˜What are you talking about, Connor?’ asks Leigh, coming to join me.
    â€˜I caught the scent of their cubs just before we were about to attack,’ I explain. ‘They’re not here to hurt us, they’re just protecting their children.’
    The white werewolf pads over to the grey one and nudges him. He nods and straightens up, no longer looking like he’s going to rip our throats out.
    â€˜I’m sorry,’ he growls. ‘We thought you were after Henry and Josh.’ As he says their names, two very young werewolf pups appear out of the darkness of the trees. They tread towards us, cautiously at first, but they wag their tails when they realise I’m another werewolf.
    â€˜I’m Abigail,’ says the white werewolf, ‘and this is Daniel. We’re sorry if we startled you.’
    â€˜Good to meet you,’ says Jay. He introduces the rest of us. ‘We were looking for werewolves, but I’m guessing you aren’t the ones we’re after.’
    I watch as Daniel and Abigail fuss protectivelyover their pups, and something inside me twinges with sadness as I think of my own family. But I shake my head, telling myself that this is definitely not the time.
    â€˜Have you guys seen anything strange lately?’ I ask.
    â€˜What do you mean by strange?’ asks Abigail.
    â€˜A human was attacked by a werewolf,’ explains Jay. ‘That is strange,’ mutters Daniel.
    â€˜You looked ready to attack us two seconds ago,’ Asuka points out.
    â€˜A werewolf will only attack a human in extreme circumstances,’ explains Abigail.
    â€˜And somebody hurting one of our cubs is definitely an extreme circumstance,’ says Daniel with a grunt.
    â€˜Plus, we’re a little bit jumpy after the other night,’ adds Abigail.
    â€˜What happened the other night?’ asks Sam.
    Abigail and Daniel glance at each other, but keep silent as they watch their two cubs wander about, sniffing the rest of the Star League.
    The cubs are a bit wary, and I wonder if this is the first time they’ve ever seen humans. A lot of werewolves choose to live in the wild, completely apart from humans, staying in wolf form all the time. It’s hard for our kind to trust humans, and with crazy people like this fake werewolf on the loose, I can’t say I blame them.
    One of the cubs walks up to Leigh, fascinated by Chu on her shoulder.
    â€˜My name is Henry!’ He holds out a tiny clawed hand towards Chu. ‘Is that a real monkey?’
    Chu screeches and Henry jumps, obviously startled. We all laugh, which relaxes us. I hadn’t realised how tense we still were after the fight.
    â€˜Boys, please don’t interrupt,’ scolds Abigail, trying to hide a smile. ‘Go and play for a bit so we can finish talking.’
    The cubs whine but do as she says. When they’re gone, Abigail and Daniel look at each other.
    â€˜It’s not often that you hear of a werewolf attacking humans,’ says Daniel. ‘But I think we might know exactly who you’re after.’

‘We didn’t want to say anything around the boys, but a strange thing happened to us the other night,’ says Abigail, careful to keep her voice low. ‘We were asleep when Daniel felt somebody tugging at his fur.’
    â€˜That’s right,’ he says. ‘At first I thought it was just one of the cubs so I ignored it and went back to sleep, but when I woke up a whole chunk of my fur was