Viola had thought Sebastian would carry her on his back to her penthouse, but she was surprised when he dashed out of the High Tower entirely through a sliding wall window on the fourth floor that opened at the press of a button.
Her heart lurched violently with the leap of the mighty wolf through the opening, and for one genuine, terrifying moment she was completely certain they were falling to their deaths and she squeezed her eyes shut, but the mighty wolf astonished her when he landed silently and smoothly on all four paws without so much as a stumble, and then broke into a full run through the quiet afternoon streets.
Had it been anyone else, Viola would have been in a full panic at being carried away from the pack's main building, but this was Sebastian, and he was among the very few she was beginning to trust. Even so, she couldn't help the curiosity that grew inside her as he changed direction away from the city streets and turned toward the rural edges of Silver.
