Chapter 216

• [Hazel]
• The hidden train carrying us from the station at Devil’s Ridge, just beyond Moon River City, to the coastal town of Crescent City, moves swiftly, faster than any monorail on the surface. Even the elegant train in Moon River City, the most sophisticated civilian transport in the west, feels slow compared to the rapid movement of this 50-year-old rail system. According to Dan, our pilot, it had been built in secret by a group of loyal engineers and capable soldiers using the best available to wolfkind.
• “We had a wolf-born artificer at the time,” he explained. “Pup by the name of Silas Silverclaw. He had enough witch in him to charm any piece of metal between his paws, but was alpha enough to have a wolf and live as part of the pack. Kinda like that young witch, what’s his name, Patrick?”