Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Familiar Stranger

Third POV

‘Save me...’

Levi’s head snapped up suddenly, his body tensing. He could have sworn he heard Hazel’s voice. It sounded super soft and weak, but it was unmistakable. She was calling out for help.

“What was that?” he asked, his eyes darting around the car. “Lucas, did you hear that?”

Lucas frowned, his jaw tightening as he glanced at his brother. “Hear what exactly?”

“I thought I heard Hazel,” Levi said, his voice dropping to a whisper. “She was calling for help.”

Lucas immediately pursed his lips, his eyes darkening. “I thought I hallucinated it.”

Callum leaned forward from the backseat. “What’s going on?”

“We heard Hazel’s voice,” Lucas explained, his knuckles turning white as he gripped the steering wheel. “We don’t know how.”

The SUV fell into an uncomfortable silence.

The seating arrangement was awkward at best—Callum had deliberately taken the seat furthest from Kendra, pressed against the door as if trying to melt into it. He hadn’t made eye contact with her since they’d all gotten into the car. Percival sat between them, either unaware of or choosing to ignore the tension.

No one commented on it outwardly, but even a blind man could see that Callum was avoiding Kendra. Thankfully, she didn’t make any comments about it and let him have his space.

“We’re here,” Lucas announced as he pulled the car into a spot on Moonbite Lane. The street was eerily empty for midday, with only a few pedestrians hurrying past shuttered storefronts.

They all climbed out of the vehicle, stretching their legs after the tense drive. Lucas checked his phone for the time, then looked up at the others.

any minute,” he said. “In the meantime, let’s discuss how

and forth on

need a plan, Levi. We can’t just

with Lucas,” Percival said.

cover more ground. Callum, you take Percival and Kendra. Levi and I will wait

on besides avoiding Kendra’s gaze. They would be in the same group, but at

are we

with unusual

with a nod. He gestured for Percival and Kendra to follow

away, Levi turned to his brother. “Where do we even start? This street

the south end. According to what those

Levi froze. His nostrils flared as he

“Hazel,” he whispered.

that night at The Shattered Fang when he’d caught

with something

Blood.

Lucas, Levi bolted down the street, following the scent trail. His

shouted

stronger with each step, not when the metallic tang of blood was becoming more

colliding with a dumpster as he

of back streets, away from the main road. Small droplets of blood marked the path, glistening crimson

out, his voice echoing off

short. The alley dead-ended at a chain-link fence, and huddled against it, partially hidden behind a

cautiously, his wolf senses on high alert. The scent of Hazel was strongest here, clinging to the figure like a

It was a man.

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