Mazelina “What have I done?” someone repeats over and over again and it’s giving me a headache. “Samara shut the fuck up.” “Well, well, well, you’re finally awake.” “Just let me sleep.” The “What have I done?” keeps going. I roll onto my back in a huff. “Would it kill you to give me some peace?” “It’s not me.”, “It’s our dumbass brother. He’s got himself in a bit of state.” I blink up at the ceiling, “How long have I been out?” “About twenty-nine hours.” I sit up quickly and lean against the wall, “Rush must be frantic.” “Landon will have informed him. We have bigger problems.” “I know.” I roll my eyes. Oh, how I know… “Aries thinks he lost his wolf.” “Serves him right.” I pull my knees up to my chest and hug my legs. “He hasn’t.” “I hate when you do this. Were you speaking to his wolf?” “Yep, Lox has purposely blocked him since he rejected their mate.” “Wait…. Aries said his mate rejected him.” “Nope. Lox said that their mate wanted to look after him.

Mazelina Hmm, I can smell bacon and pancakes. Yes! Landon is making his bacon and waffle special. It’s been a long time, I smile, and my belly grumbles. “Good, you are awake.” A snarky voice states. I stiffen and open my eyes finding Asim hovering over me, “I’ve bought you breakfast.” He says as two guards come in with a table and chair. I sit up and swing my legs around watching as they leave, and another comes in with a cloth and cutlery and sets the table. While another comes in with salt and pepper and other condiments, that same guard places the food on the table and pulls the chair out for me. “Sit.” Asim orders from the opposite side, pulling his own chair out. He must have already eaten because there is no setting for him, just me and loads of food, bacon, eggs, pastries, and fruit. I contemplate being trouble but what the hell I’m hungry. I take the chair provided and sit, taking in all the food. “Last meal I guess?” I ask as I take a little of everything. Asim pours a

Rush All I can hear and see are jaws snapping and claws swiping through the air, I’ve lost sight of Mazy, but I know she’s okay, Landon and Aries are with her, and they’ll help protect her until I get to that fucking stage. I’ve always hated that dais. My father loved it. He would hold court with an over-the-top throne-like chair, so he could look down his nose at all of his people. My people or they were, now they’re fighting me. I make my way through the crowd, grabbing a wolf with my jaw and throwing him up in the air. His neck breaks and I dump him on the ground. I swipe at the wolves left and right, getting closer to the dais. Two Guardians are holding Mazy while another throws a right hook to her beautiful face. I growl, stalking the stage. I’m going to kill that motherfucker! He punches her again. She says something to him as he leans over her. Suddenly the world spins, my chest burns, and I hear a terrible guttural howl. All the shifters stop fighting immediately and look

Rush We’ve been searching for Lotty for days now and still nothing. No one saw anything, no one knows anything. We have a fucking invisible enemy. “How is she?” Landon asks for the hundredth time; I glare at him. “How do you think she is?” seeing Maze on the floor of our daughter’s room screaming and wailing, never in my life do I ever want to hear those screams again. It took six sedative shots to get her to quieten down and when she came to, she blamed herself. Blaze didn’t help by saying she would have been safer back in his home pack. We all know that’s a lie. But Maze, she took it to heart and hasn’t spoken a word in four fucking days. “If I knew, I wouldn’t be asking you.” Landon sounds equally pissed. He and Blaze fought until several guards pulled them apart. Mazy always talked highly of Blaze, but I’m wondering if he ever had her best interests at heart. He took my side, allowing me to see our daughter behind her back, when he should have taken hers and now, he blames her

Rush My office is overcrowded with maps and paperwork everywhere. Maze has been quiet for the most part while we send trackers back and forth. Elion comes back with nothing, telling us that Landon is on his way home. Right now, Elion’s looking at a new map further out of our territory. I couldn’t imagine Charlotte being so far away from us but then if Maze can’t feel her maybe it’s because of the distance? Fuck! I don’t know. I rub my eyes with the back of my hands, “We will find her.” Elion sounds more determined than I feel. It’s almost been a week since they took her and nothing, no ransom, no gloating that they have our daughter. Just complete silence. My door slams open and Landon storms in, “What did you find?” “We have a mole in our pack.” I blink at him in surprise, “Who?” He starts pacing the room, “I don’t know. I’ve been thinking about this for hours and can’t come up with any one specific.” “Then how do you know it’s from our pack?” I look out my office window and w