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Damien’s POV 1

The morning sun beat down mercilessly as I led Lucas along the eastern border patrol route, but I barely felt

the heat. Every step forward was torture. Every breath was agony.

*Sera.*

Three days. Three fucking days since we’d returned home to find her gone. Three days of search teams

coming back empty-handed. Three days of my world slowly crumbling apart.

“Alpha,” Lucas’s voice cut through my spiraling thoughts. “The thermal drones picked up movement about

two miles north. Could be our search teams, but-”

“But could be rogues,” I finished, my voice rough from lack of sleep. My silver-blue eyes scanned the treeline

ahead, searching for any sign of movement. Any sign of *her*.

Alex, my wolf, prowled restlessly beneath my skin. He’d been agitated for days now, pacing and snarling

inside my mind. But it wasn’t just impatience. It was something worse.

The bond was breaking.

I could feel it happening. Slowly. Like ice cracking under pressure. Each hour that passed without contact,

without even the faintest whisper through our mindlink, the connection grew weaker.

The silence was killing me.

“How many teams do we have out there now?” I asked, forcing myself to focus on the present.

“Twelve, Lucas replied immediately. “Every available warrior. Plus the helicopters and drone units. We’ve

around where

*Nothing* Always fucking nothing.

to shift, to let Alex tear through the forest

But I couldn’t abandon the patrol. Not when rogue activity had been increasing

borders.

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cautious. “Maybe we should

came out like a

just saying, maybe we need to expand the

If she was

rogue,” I snarled. My

seem to vibrate with menace. “I’ll tear apart

Adrian’s toys scattered across the floor

simple explanation that she was going

worried.

pregnant,” I whispered, the words torn from my chest. “Our

out there somewhere. Hurt. Scared. And

The rage and helplessness were

inside my mind. His

*Something’s wrong.*

must have felt it too, because his hand moved instinctively to his weapon. “You feel

strained my enhanced hearing. In the

confrontation.

the sound through the dense pine

exertion. From hope. Maybe-maybe they’d found something.

tight formation, weapons drawn. Between them and us lay a figure on

A woman.

going on here?” I barked, my alpha voice cutting through

nearest soldier snapped to attention. “Alpha! We found this one

She was unconscious now.”

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