Thea nodded. John, Josh, and Xavier helped her out of the vehicle and flanked her as they walked toward Moonbeam’s pack house. The crowd all had vacant stares but parted to let them through.

“Is Thomas doing this?” Thea said.

“Yes,” John said.

“Can you control that many people?” Thea said. She knew vampires had different talents. Not everyone could mind control people.

“Never had a reason to try.”

Delta team and the triplets joined them in their wolf forms as they cleared the crowd.

Thomas’s vampires had Alpha Ford, Amethyst, and their two pups in their grips. Thea counted eight vampires total. They were all on the shorter side. Maybe a foot shorter than the triplets. They all had long hair and flowy clothes.

Thea’s heart skipped a beat when she saw a blonde female had Ford’s oldest pup and heir, her fingers with their sharp nails around his neck. She was hesitant to try freezing them before ascertaining whether they had something that would block her. It could backfire and go