“The basement was pitch dark, the bulb either having burnt out or—I realized as my sleep-fogged brain kicked into gear—the house’s electricity having once again been cut.
Hot air rises.
My inner wolf’s sudden foray into physics made no sense until I realized what she was trying to impart. If we smelled smoke down here in the basement, it had to be so much worse up where most of the people I cared about had bedded down for the night.
We needed to act fast.
“Now would be a really good time to shift back if you can, Lupe,” I said, even though I didn’t expect any sudden surge of humanity out of the rogue. Instead of waiting to see how the wolf would respond, I rolled over and felt around in search of the pregnant teacher who had fallen asleep inches away from my side. I meant to shake the woman awake, but I think I accidentally stuck a finger up her nose instead.
“Wha...?”
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