Learning to read people is an important skill for a werewolf. The Rage sets people on edge, makes them hard to predict. "Unpredictable in unpredictable ways," Clay said in one of his more poetic moments, and it's true. You're not exactly scared of getting mugged or beaten up—when push comes to shove, you can always bite—but you don't want to draw unwelcome attention. You'll have to stay alert.
You scan the streets, trying to get a feel for the passing motorists. The first person is a clean-cut woman in an Acura, and she's fine, she takes you all the way to Rochester, even if she keeps looking at you and trying to work up the courage to ask if you're a teenage runaway.
It's in Rochester where you run into trouble. The first guy's Honda smells like there's a corpse in the back seat, and you get out as fast as you can. The second guy wants a blowjob and gets so aggressive that you have to bail at a stoplight. So you figure, maybe a woman will be safer, if one will even stop for you. You hop into a Chevy truck with a friendly looking older woman and you're there for over an hour before you see the flashing lights behind you.
Next