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Aroar broke free from Xander’s chest, and he threw himself to the ground, his back rising and falling with heaving breaths I walked over to him and kneeled, placing my hand on his back “He f ucking took them,” Xander said, his voice heavy with fury and sadness. “And I have no idea where they went “I do” We both whipped around, and Lanie was standing on the porch holding Stella, her gaze distant and unfocused. “I know where he took them.”
Iran to her. “Where?” I asked desperately. “We need to get them back.”
Xander sprinted to the edge of the enchantment line, and I could feel Hunter rising within him, about to break free His whole body was vibrating, ready to shift and run after Mason, and I could feel Blade starting to stir inside me, too But then Lange shook her head tears falling fast down her cheeks “No, no, you can’t go She reached for my arms and clung to them desperately 1 told him not to leave me Her voice was high and shaky and terrified.
My stomach lurched, and a lightning bolt of pain ripped through my chest. Blade was pacing fitfully. pulled in one direction by the need to hunt down Mason and get our babies back and in another to stay with Lanie and keep her safe.
Xander was doubled over, too, no doubt fighting the same internal battle.
“Please,” Lanie whispered again. “Please…”
“This is bu Il s hit,” Xander snapped as he stalked back inside.
Lanie breathed out a long, relieved sigh. Of course, we wouldn’t leave her there alone. But there was no way we were letting Mason run away with our babies, either, “We have to call Braden back here,” I said. “If we can’t leave, then we need someone else to track Mason–
down.”
Lanie swallowed hard and nodded.
But it was the middle of the night, and phones were useless out here. How the hell could we call him? I felt s tupid for not asking that question sooner. I was a f ucking Beta: I helped give orders, I didn’t wait around for them.
Lanie clung to my arm harder. I squeezed her hand. She looked like she wanted to speak, but was having trouble finding the words.
“I’m sorry we kept this from Mason.” I broke the silence instead. “And I’m sorry I dragged you into it. I didn’t want to.”
“I know,” she said to me through our mind link. “I can’t lose you too, Zane.”
My insides warmed at her words “You won’t,” I assured her.
She reached for the front of my shirt and grabbed a fistful of the fabric, tugging me closer to her. Our lips were inches away, her scent filling my nostrils, almost making me forget where I was and what had happened…
But then there was a crash and a roar inside the cabin and we sprung apart. It sounded like Xander was tearing the place apart.
“F uck, I’ll be right back,” I said.
Lanie–
Zane shut the door behind him, and then I was alone with Stella, I could hear their stomping feet and raised voices, but I didn’t care what they were saying as long as they were here with me.
unswaddled Stella and set her blanket down on the porch, laying her gently on top of it. I would only be gone for a mornent.
Xander and Zane would never let me do this, so I had to act fast.
I ran down the stairs and the the edge of the enchantment line, pausing for one second before I crossed it. The forest was pitch-
black and silent, and blood pumped loudly in my ears.
I took my hair down, letting it spill down my back and blow in the wind. I let myself feel the full extent of my fear, my frustration, and my sadness, hoping the scent of it was strong enough to draw him in.
“Braden!” I called out. “Braden, I need you!”
My voice echoed through the trees and then silence settled over me again. Goosebumps erupted over my body.
And then there was a rustle in the trees nearby. My heart leapt into my throat.
But before I could move, a hand clapped over my mouth, and I was tackled to the ground.
Braden Before I knew what I was doing. Lanie and I were crashing to the ground in a heap.
She thrashed and kicked beneath me, but I didn’t care. We were back inside the spell’s protective borders. That was all that mattered.
I let her go, and she scrambled to her feet just as Xander and Zane ran out from the cabin.
they had deep They both looked, frankly, like complete s hit. They were scruffy around their jaws, a purple bags under their eyes. Maybe I overestimated their ability to deal with the close quarters.
“What the f uck is this?” Xander asked, his eyes bugged out and crazy. He sprinted down the stairs and straight up to me, planting his hands on my chest and shoving me.
I stag gered back, but recovered quickly, huffing out a humorless laugh.
Zane stood behind Xander, his chest heaving and threatening me with those stu pid wolf eyes.
Ico cked my eyebrow at them both. “I was about to ask you the same thing,” I said, motioning to Lanie, who had run to the porch to scoop up Stella. “She was out beyond the border letting her scent seep all over the forest like some deadly siren’s call.” Lanie looked furious. “I was doing what I had to do to get you here!” she cried.
“Yeah, well you’re lucky I was headed here anyway.” I said. “But we might get unwanted company soon.”
I had no idea what possessed Lanie to step outside the border. Her vampire side had been reawakened, and her in-heat scent was more powerful than ever.
“Why the hell were you out there anyway?” I asked. “And why do you two look like sh it?” I asked, waving at Xander and Zane.
Zane growled and I had to fight back the urge to laugh again. Wolves and their grumbling…
“Mason left,” Lanie said thickly. “And he took the twins with him.”
Oh, sh it.
“What?!” I asked. “Where did he go?”
“To Stillwood, I think,” Lanie said.
Double s hit.
“We need you to find him before Orion does,” Xander commanded.
I started to argue that I didn’t take orders from Alphas but now wasn’t the time.
“Malachi is tracing Orion as we speak,” I explained. “If he’s found Mason and the twins, then he’ll come Xander and Zane eyed me suspiciously.
“These are our f ucking pups were talking about,” Zane said. “We can’t just wait around to see if he comes back or not.”
I held my hand up. “Fine, I’ll go and check myself, see if Mason’s scent is still traceable.”
I turned to go, but Lanie called out.
“Wait! Why were you coming back here?” she asked. is my sister okay?”
I nodded. “Orion is frustrated. He tried getting information from Selena, and she could honestly say she had no idea where you were, so he had to let her go.”
“And what about the pack? The Council?” Xander asked.
“It’s only been a few days of lockdown, but every wolf in Constantine is growing restless,” I explained. “Anyone who’s broken out of lockdown has been imprisoned or taken to the hybrid facility for ‘tests’ aka torture, but it’s not calming people down any less.”
It was honestly chaos, but without Stella and Lanie or Xander and Zane, Orion and the Council were stuck. Pretty soon they were going to need that hybrid army, otherwise the shifters they’d forced into lockdown were going to rise up against them.
“So you you came here to tell us what? That nothing has changed?” Xander asked.
“A lot has changed, actually. In a very short amount of time.”
I spun around when I heard Malachi’s voice. Another figure stood next to him just on the other side of the barrier, a cloak concealing their identity.
“Who is that?” Zane asked, but I had the same question.
And then the figure dropped their hood. It was Gabriela, Xander’s eyes went wide. “Ma? What are you doing here?”
Now that her face had come into view, I could see that it was pale. She was afraid.
“We have a big problem.”
Lanie–
“Gabriela, what is it?” Braden asked, a concerned look on his face.
I was desperate to hear her answer, but if she was here with Malachi, then no one was trailing Orion.
What if he’d already captured Mason? What if he was torturing him right now?
My mouth went dry, and the place on my neck where Mason had claimed me tingled.
“He’s in danger.” Lily was freaking out, too, but stating the obvious wasn’t helping.
I braced myself to hear the worst-that Mason had been captured and killed, but I wasn’t expecting what came next.
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