Realizing that he and Marilyn were the only two left in the room he gave her a kind smile and held out his arm for her. “Ma’am, would you like an escort back down to the celebration?”She smiled back as she took his arm. “You’ll make a great mate.” He smiled as he led her out of the room and downstairs, back to the loud music and chattering in the hall. He excused himself from Marilyn as he caught Jordyn’s eyes as she was talking to Jade, both of them staring daggers at Leon as he left.“Jade, do you mind if I steal a dance from my mate?” Jayce asked as he held his hand out to Jordyn.“Go for it.” Jade answered as she sipped from what looked like a glass of champagne.Jordyn looked into Jayce’s eyes

“Kiss me.” She interrupted, not bothering to get out of the hold he had on her.He didn’t hesitate to take her lips in a kiss that was filled with all the passion and love that he had ever felt in his life. He knew that no other woman would ever be able to make him feel that way with just a kiss. He pulled away. “Jordyn, I love you.”Her breath hitched in her throat, she hadn’t heard that from anyone since her parents died. “Jayce, I love you.” She said, pulling her arms out of his grasp and covering herself with her arms. “But how do we know it’s not just because we are mates?”“Jordyn, have you seen yourself?” he asked, his eyes filled with sincerity as he spoke. “You are gorgeous, you’re strong, you’re kind and loving,

Walking into his brother’s hospital room only made the feeling worse. Josh was smiling at him but all Jayce could smell was death, mixed with Josh’s usual cedar wood smell. The smell was enough to make Jayce’s stomach turn. He hid his sudden disgust quickly and returned the smile, trying to ignore the putrid smell. “How are you feeling Josh?”“I’m feeling better.” His voice was weak,out of breath, and being a wolf and his brother Jayce knew he was lying.‘What’s wrong?’ Jayce mind-linked him.‘Something feels off to me. Everything feels and looks hazy. I feel sick to my stomach and my head is killing me. I have to pee and I’m not even sure if I can stand on my own yet, they took the catheter out an hour ago.’

Jordyn was back in the cell, Leviathan frozen in terror as he stared straight into her eyes. She took his traumatized state as a way to escape and flung her head into his, knocking him down. She started to shift, not caring about her clothes, hoping that the silver wouldn’t burn her wrists too bad. She was shocked at how little resistance the cuffs gave her before shattering. She felt the burns but didn’t have time to question anything. Fully in wolf form, she ran. Not knowing where she was didn’t alter her plan at all. She went with her instincts and followed her nose the best she could with the thunderstorm that was happening as soon as she got out of the house she was being held hostage in. She ran deep into the forest, praying for the scent to quit fading, but it was gone all too soon as her fur soaked with the heavy downpour of rain. Her adrenaline was going and in her wolf form she should have never

“We should probably stop and change drivers soon too, Will can take over while I get a little shut-eye. I know you wouldn’t want to leave her side unless you had too, two drivers is enough.” Ethan stated. “We should stop at the next store, grab her a blanket for now and some clothes for when she wakes up, you know how she hates being naked in public.”“Why do you think she was in human form? Wouldn’t she have just stayed in wolf form until we found her?” Will asked.“I don’t know, hopefully Jordyn will have some answers for us when she wakes up.” Ethan answered. “I don’t know why you didn’t ask her when we found her.” He added as they pulled into a supermarket store parking lot.“I didn’t have the heart to, you saw