Chapter 136

Chapter 136

“That was stupid,” he panted. “Now I’m angry.”

Panic consumed me completely. This was it. This was how I was going to die. Not from my condition, but here in the dirt with this monster.

I opened my mouth and screamed with everything I had left.

“Alexander!”

Alexander

“Take her to the hospital,” I told Liam as I helped Lilith into his car. Blood was still trickling from the gash on her temple, and she looked ready to collapse. “Make sure they check for a concussion.”

“What about you?” Liam asked.

“I’m going after Ella.”

“Alexander, we should call the police-”

“There’s no time.” I slammed the car door. “Go.”

Liam’s car disappeared down the street, leaving me alone outside the restaurant. I pulled out my phone and called Gabriel.

“I need you to call the police and put out the word,” I said without preamble. “Sophia’s red convertible is heading out of town. I need to know which direction it went.”


“What’s going on?”

kidnapped. Find that

got in my own car, my hands shaking as I started the engine. Someone had taken my mate. He had drugged her, hurt Lilith, and driven off with Ella unconscious in the back seat of

rang as I pulled out of the

something,” Gabriel said. “Gas station attendant on Maple Street saw a red convertible speed

way was it

toward the forest

I floored the accelerator.

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and nothing but trees on either side. I’d managed to track the convertible this far through a combination of Gabriel’s contacts and sheer luck-a farmer had seen it turn onto Old Mill Road, and a jogger had spotted it near the abandoned logging

the trail had gone

of the car, trying to think Where would someone take a kidnapped woman out here? The old


search for hours, even days,

Suddenly, my wolf stirred.

faintest trace of Ella’s scent on the night

and vanilla and…

take over, following the scent trail deeper into the forest. It led me off the main road and down a narrow dirt track that was barely more than

scent grew stronger as I drove, so I knew I was getting closer. But

saw it—an old barn mostly hidden by overgrown

in the barn’s broken boards, I could see light flickering inside. A flashlight, maybe, or

camera.

a familiar voice

was calling for

I didn’t think.

I just shifted.

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