inside the armored SUV flickered again-once, twice-

skidded to a halt, tires screeching on gravel. The metal frame groaned u

enger snapped, reaching for a bl

ien mov

d should ever be capable of making. The silver cuffs around his w

napped apart, metal warping li

needle in hand-but Luc

side window. His claws tore through Kevlar like

ing for his gun. "Alpha said

sual silver of a young pup, but with something deeper. S

de him wasn't

as a

en l

R

road and onto an old hunting trail. My heart hadn't stopped racing since I'd read t

to the fading light. "They're off-grid, but not invisible. Rogues use that safe house when

jaw clenched.

stion it. He kn

hest-it was a storm now. Feral. Fierce. And

I said quietly. "They tho

once. "Tha

aring-and th

the ridge ahead. And the sound... tires spinning, m

it the

ed, jumping out wit

boots crunching broken branches and scorched grass. The sh

s were shattered, interior splattered red. And at the edge o

s arms. Panting like a wol

whispered, t

gnize me. His wolf had taken over completely. His eye

s lips part

es, pulling him into my arms. "I

"They said you weren't coming.

cely. "Never believe

covering the area with sharp,

" I mu

I said it, I

line-burned, bleeding, but alive.

is gun, but I

oldly. "Let me a

tepped

to crawl, to beg, but I crouched besid

the order?

re cracked.

snapped.

He's the one who moved the boy. Lilit

nt c

at my side. "Tha

's cousin. His old Beta before Lilith. The

narrowed.

ing Lilith l

... more children. They're collecting the bl

ch turne

impered b

em all," I said softl

d tunnels. Kael reached out to his scouts, calling in every

apped in my jacket, my

et again.

happened," I

They tried to hurt

Kael murmured. "That

red wolf. Before it happened. He told me I

exchanged

f have a nam

he was the blood before blood

is breath. "That's

Lucien, my h

e more than just heir to GreenHaven. He

that mean

because of Ryker. Or you. It's because Lucien mig

the mountai

n the cliffs above an ancient ravine. The per

the car into

n foot,"

-in-command, a quiet she-wolf named Mir

otect him?

ight nod. "W

nd us like ghost fingers. I could feel the power in the

of it m

ached the top ri

ic

uti

s bein

th

cre

from

m s

behind a boul

tside the tow

by b

ething

we sa

ading into the d

ng was

it

tower, we

her ch

of

cag

ncons

ring a blood

f the floor... a ci

nding i

dd

A scar running from h

d as we

other. And the stray

rd. "You're don

no. This is just

hape emerged fr

ke

Chained. B

" he r

fr

ha

hem..." he gasped. "T

d a blade fr

"as the Alpha dies... and

th

e explode

r beneath us

s all into