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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

a hundred-square-mile radius around

*Nothing* Always fucking nothing.

fists. The urge to shift, to let Alex

Not when rogue activity

borders.

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more cautious. “Maybe

came out like a whipcrack. “Don’t you

surrender. “I’m just saying, maybe we need to expand the search. Look beyond

she was

I’ll burn down every rogue,” I snarled. My alpha power flared involuntarily,

to vibrate with menace. “I’ll tear

the sheets. Adrian’s toys scattered across the floor where she’d been

The note she’d written-a simple explanation that she was going to find me

worried.

I whispered, the words torn from my chest. “Our baby, Lucas. She’s carrying our

out there somewhere. Hurt. Scared. And

finish. The rage and helplessness were

my mind. His hackles raised,

*Something’s wrong.*

it too, because his hand moved instinctively

I strained my enhanced hearing. In the distance, voices. Shouting. The unmistakable

confrontation.

broke into a run, following the sound through the dense pine forest. My heart hammered against my

From hope. Maybe-maybe they’d

three border patrol soldiers stood in a tight formation, weapons drawn. Between them and us

A woman.

hell is going on here?” I barked,

snapped to attention. “Alpha! We found this one about a quarter

She was unconscious now.”

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