Chapter 17: Theo

I hadn’t heard from Briggs in four days, so when I saw his name on my phone screen, I was eager to answer.

“Briggs, did you find anything?”

“I found her car,” he replied, his tone serious and uneasy. “It’s at a junk yard in Sablemane territory. It looks like you were right about the accident.”

I hadn’t felt any pain from her since that first night. But I still felt the burning of our broken bond, so I knew she had to be alive somewhere. At least, I hoped that’s what it meant. I didn‘ t know what I’d feel if she was…

“So she has to be somewhere close by,” I said.

“She would have to be. I doubt she walked away from this on her own. Especially if your assessment of her injuries were correct.” He got quiet for a moment. “There’s a lot of blood here, Theo. If she can’t heal, she won’t be in great shape for a while. I’m going to check the local hospital and see what I can find out. But they’ll sense that she’s a rogue any day now. I don’t know what they’ll do with that.”

“Did you find anything else?” I could tell he was holding back with me, and I wanted to know what he was thinking.

“I went by her house. You’re going to need to tell Kylee and Marie soon. They’ll want to go home.”

“Why?”

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tell you,” he snapped. “I’ll make sure she’s alive and safe. And that’s so you can give her

response may have been fair,

things going with Kylee?”

said through gritted teeth. They weren’t fine. At least not on my side. Kylee still didn’t seem to have a clue anything was going on. I knew that was a

having any doubts or

Nothing has changed,” I replied, wondering where he was going with

Just wanted to make sure you’re not planning on

want to know that she’s alive, Briggs. That she‘

“I’m just trying to look out for you, man. This is some serious shit

I told Dad Ayla severed her ties. He felt the loss but wasn’t able to identify who it was. It hit him

said. “But I’m not going to guarantee

“Understood.”

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I hung up the phone, the door to my office burst open. I growled and shot to my feet as Zeff charged through the

her?” he demanded. “Where is

just now looking for her?” I snarled, not about to put

looked everywhere. Her phone is off. Her car’s

before finishing his sentence, but my interest

did she

take it unless she planned on never coming back. So what did you do to

it to

“What did she

to tell him anything. This asshole

And in truth, he hadn’t done a damn thing wrong. But I had. I had made enough mistakes in how I treated my people this

a sigh, bringing my hand to my forehead.

her ties,” I said. “She’s a

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