The necklace could be a piece of polished rawhide for all I could steady my shaky hands."This can't be real!"Suddenly, a yellow light illuminated the ...necklace, and I almost dropped it in fright. My eyes shot up to the loft where the flashlight had clicked on like a focused spotlight, but I could see nothing beyond, against the glare of it."You still have doubts, James?"I looked back at the pin, in spite of the twisted feeling that was building within me. There was no doubt that our sacred pair. " he said. I nodded my agreement.Mary Ellen wasn't in the store, so I pretended to shop. I went into all the dressing rooms, and both the ladies and men's room. "Can I help you find something," the cute little teenager asked."I need to see Mary Ellen's office," I said."She wouldn't like you looking around in there," the teenager said."She most likely won't like the cops poking around then," I said handing her my cell phone. "You might want to give her a call." Mary," the kid said into the. Edna. Welcome to our school."Something about the offered hand and the authority in her voice made melatterly jump to my feet and cross the room to take her hand, beforeshe could draw another breath. The hand shake was little more than a hand clasp, but the grip was firmand warm. After she let go of my hand, she took the clipboard from meand laid it on the corner of the big blonde's desk. "I'm sure thatDarla won't mind if we finish filling that out later." The big Blondesmiled again and. I saw a few glimpses of wolves as I brought several arm loads of sticks back to the cave mouth. As it started getting dark I started the fire and ate. I pulled out the wolf skins and went back to working on them, out of the night came a low growl. I smiled showing my teeth, “You do not like it, stay away.”A huge grey furred wolf moved into the fire light to glare at me. I looked back calmly, “You do not like me killing your kind than find other game.”The wolf lay down and watched me as I went.