is, one of the warriors, said as h

e got to the woods in or

mention of 'a body'. My hope

n as I hurried in the direction Elis

saw the body of a young girl

in tattered remnants of a simple dress. She had just about the same

a midnight river, cascading down h

und out it wasn't my mate. It wasn't Naya. Thank the

ll jumbled up. I had thought it was Naya, but at

it wasn't Naya, but at the same time, my

ering who she was and what she was d

dy hinting at the cruel level of maltreatment

ving it carefully. I gently tilte

ed definition. Her skin, despite the

rist, searching for a pulse. I fe

thick with a mix of relief and panic,

eave her here, Alpha. What if she d

ite in my gut, fueled by t

e other bigger matters to attend to," my words were clipped and m

ce rose in desperation. "We can

ddle in the matter. They knew h

clenched my jaw tightly, holding b

we know, Kael!" I spat through gritted teeth, "She might have been sent to infi

s, Alpha. But what if she's not? Let me keep an eye on

ow growl rumbling in my chest, "Do as you wish," I

, feeling a certain kind of warmth and empathy to

reatment on her immediately," Kael ordered two of the w

d; the only light filtering through the trees wa

ugh for me as I kept going around in

hey dared not say a word of protest. The

voice barely a whisper, "We could continue the searc

e a guttural rasp. "No one leaves until she is found!" my entire body trembled vi

mething terrible had happened to Naya. My Naya. But the tho

of the warriors, stammered a

He held a glinting object in his hand -

's..." I b

untain of tears flowed down my eyes uncontrollably as I peered

oped us all. No one

meant on

t shrouded us, shaking the very depths of the forests and causing my

befalle

shattered love... A blissfu

t, clutching the ne

t accept this. I wouldn't let them take her from me. The sing

tanding up to my feet, my voice

heavily on them. They all thought the worst - that the Luna was

est of the warriors. He approached me wi

ey were terrifying. "Rival packs, bandits, slavers," I blurted out. The thought o

hat sent shivers down the spines of my warriors, "We have to

hoed, fresh hope running

all you need to sustain yourself for the task ahead," I instructed in an

lver Den pack," my eyes shone a dark sh

*

N CLAW

rough the clearing where they stood, carrying the scent of

the Luna. Her abductors shouldn't h

ord was strapped to my back, its blades thirsty f

terrified, I must confess. My heart was beating f

e of my brow. There was no need to waste any more time, a

g, I saw Eldrysia, the pack's head witch. She stood with an e

o other witches stood beside her.

of the essence," I said to her, my voice tig

It was when she spoke for the second time I picked up something

sick?" The elderly woman looked healthy. Even though she had lived

ching... I've been trying to locate her using the locator spell," Eldrysia explained, and I

t out to look for her," I said with a hint of

ger beats, Alpha Cezar. Luna

speaking in a strange language that my kind was refusi

language I unders

rstood this language because underst

piercing through my eardrums, causing my heart to stop as the air in

language could

the ground beneath me rushing up

de of this language when I saw utter darkness env