Chapter 12

"Shiro!" Geo's voice came in his head. He sounded alarmed. "Where are you? I can't find you anywhere!"

"Something came up," he told him, still running for home. "Grab my back pack from the bench by the forest. It has my keys in it."

"What happened?"

"I'll tell you after school," he said. "I'm heading home early for the day."

He broke of communications with him after that. His mind was too shocked at what had just happened. And the pain from leaving his mate like that was rippling through him. He used it to fuel himself to run faster.

It wasn't until he got onto their territory that he noticed a familiar scent. If it were any other circumstance, he would be happy to find her here. At the moment, though, all he wished was to hide in the deepest hole that he could make.

She still found him, though. Hiroko was always good at knowing when something was wrong. She ran right next to him, not saying a word to him. He knew that she could smell the scent that Jett had left all over him. He knew