40> He's a dead man."

Dustin let out a muffled cuss word while holding his breath. He had intended to tell her pack where she was as a gesture of goodwill, but now he had every intention of crushing the brute who was responsible for the women's suffering.

"I inquired as to what she meant, and her response was, You know, get a hobby or something."

It was her intention to flee. I didn't become aware of that until after she had been gone for a few weeks. Lowell covered the fact that she had fled, most likely in the hope that he would locate her before anybody else found out that she had permanently abandoned him.

"Akila, he will not harm you again in any way. I promise. Who is Anton, then, if Marcus was your pack leader and Lowell was Asta's mate?

Akila's eyes became much more open. "My dear brother. What do you know regarding him?

"Your leader told Deputy Sheriff Smith from Green Valley that he was looking for you,"

"Anton's a pack leader?, Where?”

"Portland, Oregon."; "Portland."

"Did you tell him that I