[Luz hadn't expected to stumble and find Mebh, and then fall upon her antler, much like the ones she'd set up herself at the house. But here it was anyway, and here was a memory of Mebh with Robyn, the girl she remembered seeing in Deerington and then here for a short while. Unfolding she saw now what being a Wolfwalker for Mebh meant: having a family of wolves, but having a foot in a human world too, where your presence could inspire someone to kill you if they considered you a threat.

And there it was, happening to Mebh's mother, shot by an arrow. Luz cried out, on her knees, not being able to help but see her own mother there, breathing heavily on the floor, or her own Margot, the wolf who didn't come with her, who Luz missed when no one could see her holding onto the teddy bear Margot left her.

She looked up and saw actual Mebh now, clenching her fist angrily. And even though she hadn't shot the arrow, even though she was born years and years later, her head was still low, her eyes still downcast].

I'm sorry.