but she always slipped past, and

can search

lled through to this realm. We will lose time, and Adrenna will get further ahea

emanded. My patience and willingness to understand anything

ssing she will keep entertaining herself. She's not an idiot, Spitfire; once she hands over that bab

from him. I tucked her into my chest, and she turned straight into my ch

bathed and dressed. He kissed my fo

e the vampires made

es covering the human scent seems to be working against the bloodlust. Gale

y chest for how fa

She was training, keeping the humans trained. They were learning to fight with the wolv

that it would, or I wouldn't survive the days in

the world down to find him, but I couldn't if it risked Enzi and my alphas.

all came out of this

son for this," I said. I was not comforted by the silent treatment he was giving u

game. He did enjoy those. Just as

ing the witches' call too, a

h his head more than the o

l Tabby b

led, and I had to admit, th

face, reaching my shadows inside her lightly to

hich I'm sure Adrenna must

was feeling the connection more today thou

othe him through Enzi. It wasn't enough; I wanted to hold him, to comfort him, to f

gritted my teeth. Brax was with me the

him. They need him alive, and we have to be grateful fo

put her on my shoulder to tap the wind out o

een in my vision. It was on the edge of the

o catch a scent, but the snow still covered the ground. It covered Adrenna's

as much as possible to keep them tame with the humans. I think she knew I didn't have

all just as determined. So we stayed, every day following another dead-e

to feel like we weren't wasting every damn min

ng already checked and knowing that anything that went wrong would come up in th

on back, and that seemed to

straight to the

ive tone with me. If I wanted to go and kill that

have to take this one step at a time, or they will win," Brax said. His shadows moved ins

that, instead of the other safer emotions. It was showing, and I was trying, b

p it except Zale in my arms. Then I could fix whatever I bro

ts here? Because if I have to sit a

t for Adrenna. We need to be ready to track it to her. Her

out. Magic comes with a price, and you have to

t I had to. "I will. Did she s

she'll discuss it w

say why?"

ace and gotten the information we needed, but I was wearing thin on patience

sighed, and I clenched my j

ring into the tent. I sucked in a breath, tension fil

er hand. She wore a purple knitted shawl over her coats, with her cowl

tightly since Enzi was between us.

trouble. Our little secret wi

t Tabby, her eye

. Adrenna has me locked out of his mind, but thr