“I know he wouldn’t. I will be greatly disappointed if he had. Did you give him his money as I directed?” “Yes, I did. And then he came back with more briefcases to double the money. As if the men he killed didn’t worth shit. And that bastard pointed a gun at me. When I told him we were attacked and you’ve gone missing. He offered to find you and the…um…the girl. He took Aaron with him. And let me tell you, that wasn't achieved willingly. We told him we would do our own search, but he didn't take that well. He was still pissed about how you treated him. The arsehole!” “So, only Aaron is with him?” “Yes. I called a group of mercenaries your dad used to use for missions like this, and they are tailing them secretly. Their mission was to get you and Aaron out safe. Or they don’t get paid. Their leader just called me that they were up north and about a six-hour drive to Appleberry. It’s going to be a literal bloodbath and I doubt Rufus cares much about getting you out alive.” “Aha, I

A few minutes later, when Isabelle saw the ship appear on the horizon, her heart lunged at the sight of Cole on the deck. She could see he had changed now and was wearing a camouflage uniform with another man beside him and they were both carrying massive guns. She swallowed softly, thinking the situation they were in just got real. She couldn’t see Hallec and guessed he must be the one steering the boat. “Alright everyone, listen up!” Xavier began, his deep voice carried through the grounds. And the two other alphas, Darrow and Wulfrun, came to stand with him. “There are supplies coming in that ship, I want it removed and taken to the pack store. The kitchen workers' volunteers are to take over from there. They are to prepare the food, and make sure everyone eats to their fill—” That bit of news delivered with a promise of nourishment got a loud round of applause which caused Xavier to run his hand over his face, shaking his head, and everyone laughed. Isabelle chuckled, glad th

When Isabelle have Amèlie’s cabin in sight, she automatically searched for the guards and found they were not there. She walked to the connecting bridge with her eyes darting about and ears pricked for sounds. She couldn’t smell blood and she thought that was good. Walking to the back of the cabin through the side wooden gate, she saw it was empty as well. When she was close enough to the back door, she perceived a strong smell of air freshener which she hadn’t scented anywhere in the house before and her heart picked up speed. Unnatural scents normally mess with their ability to discern smells, especially in the case of tracking a human or were. “Amèlie? Are you in there? Time to go! It’s decided, you are to accompany the children and your patients onboard the craft,” Isabelle called out. Then she thought she held a sob and then a low growl. She nodded to herself noting for certain now that something was up.. “I’m in the kitchen!” Amèlie replied and even though she tried to instil

Xavier let go of Lorelei and she fell like a ragged doll, slumping to the ground. Cole watched as she regressed to her human form, and shook violently on the ground. He frowned, knowing exactly what that meant. He had witnessed countless people draw their last breath and knew what that looked like. But unlike what he was familiar with after Lorelei's body went still, her skin immediately turned ashen. He swallowed. Xavier, still in his werewolf form, stood over her with his fist clenched by his sides, and then he bent forward, picked her up, and disappeared into the woods. “Did she just….” Cole said aloud just to be certain the woman had died as he witnessed. “Died? Yes,” Jason answered from afar. “I’m guessing she is an Omega?” He asked. Cole felt Isabelle nod against his chest and Cole voiced the reply, “Yes.” He wrapped his arms around Isabelle in reflex, imagining something like that happening to her if they had severed their connection as well. He couldn’t help holding her tig

“I never met her before today, but from what I heard, she seemed to have been walking about with a screw loose already. I’m just glad there is one less headache to deal with today. I’m sure you already deduced that Amèlie is the Pack’s doctor, she and her patients are going in one of the crafts as soon as they get here. So, that would give you the opportunity to meet everyone. And even if you end up not finding anyone that can give you definite info about your brother or your brother, I promise I will help you find him,” Cole replied, holding Jason's gaze. The other man paused for about a moment and then nodded. His eyes clouded with gratitude. “Thank you, man. And I am sorry I didn’t tell you all about it earlier,” he replied, Cole, shrugged. “If you had, I’m certain we would have found him by now,” Cole retorted. Jason sighed. “You are never going to let me live this down, are you?” Jason replied. “Not a chance in hell,” Cole replied, giving him a friendly pat on the back, an