“How am I supposed to feed you?” Drake demanded.

“Darkness say to coyote: don’t kill human. Did not say don’t eat dead human.”

Drake laughed with a certain delight. This Pack Leader was definitely a smarter animal than the original one. The gaiaphage had ordered the beasts not to kill humans for fear they might unknowingly kill someone useful: Lana, or even Nemesis. But
Drake knew which humans were expendable.

“You know where I can find a human?” Drake asked.

“Pack Leader knows,” Pack Leader said.

“Okay, then. Let’s get you boys some dinner. Then we go get Diana.”

Fear, Chapter 14