Chapter 21: Desperate Search

TOR POV

I knew the second something had happened to Selene. Standing abruptly from the table, I knocked my chair to the floor. Cassius stood, the look of concern on his face was immediate.

"Alpha, what is it?" he asked me. The eyes of the war council were on me as I stalked to the balcony doors.

"It's Selene," I growled. "Gather the team, now!"

With that, I stalked out the doors and leaped off the balcony edge.

I hit the ground running in my wolf form. Ripping through the village I tracked her scent to the trail that led to Ellwood's cottage. Except the trail didn't take me to Ellwood's cottage. The scent veered off into the depths of the forest and away from the village. She had clearly gotten lost and had fallen off the trail.

To my despair, I could smell that she wasn't alone. My worst fears were known when I realized that Selene had been kidnapped.

The world tilted for a moment and it took all of my self-control to keep my composure. I pushed myself harder, kicking up