a

bitha excused herself to use the bath

-buzzing crowd was thinning out fast. Families were packing up their blankets and snacks, carrying slee

was no longer

iam asked, his voic

o, concern starting to s

heir sake. I lifted them gently into the back seat, secured their

urned the corner,

ng wasn

n the air,sharp, musky, and feral.

gu

the surroundings with narrowe

dart on t

fr

d within me, furious and ready to rip through th

tion hit li

's been

clues. The scent trail was weak, masked,intentionally cove

lfsbane. Mas

rds were

phone and punc

ine picked up. "Tabitha's been abducted

mmanding tone. "We're activating the pack. Sending backup to your

bit out. "But I'm going to

together," he pr

e car. Ethan and Liam looked up

t's wrong?"

re going home first, boys. M

ds, slid into the driv

my chest. The second we stepped inside, I led them straight to the hidden room bene

calm. "I need you both to hide in here, alright? No matter what you hear, no

e pale, eyes wide and

ommy?" Lia

, pressing a kiss to both thei

y mind was a storm, but I couldn't afford to fall apart. I grabbed weapons,blades, darts l

war

a had ac

his scent familiar. "Dave. Alp

's m

er now, haunting in its emptiness. The scent of rogues still clung to the ai

progress made my

ne warrior muttered. "

"But I swear to the Moon Goddess, when I find the bastar

I heard h

eak. Bu

as me. The warehouse...

my breath

uted, desperate.

ld docks..." Her voice c

ame si

ection w

was e

ched out. Warehouse near the old d

on, they snapped

ow your lea

't eve

hif

my skin, and within seconds, I was n

the mission to get his mate and ap

s locked on one goal. It was late already,the humans are a

Dave's POV, picking up from the warehou

icker, slicing through the forest shadows, paws silent as death. The city lights fad

ting back behind the cover of c

t need

as per

rough the change, and slammed the door o

ere sh

bi

nd to a pillar with c

s claws raised, his face twisted with sick satisfaction

got the

l that shook the

oze midair.