Kate POV             Colby and I had a whirlwind trip visiting the various Packs for the first few days.  We visited four Packs in three days.  All Packs had both an Alpha and a Luna.  The hospitality was amazing.  We ended up staying at a couple of the Packs overnight.  The kindness bestowed upon us was second to none.  I thoroughly enjoyed my role of Luna while visiting the Packs.  Some Packs had their Luna attend the business meetings and a couple opted to host me elsewhere.  I was fine with either option.  Colby was very forthcoming in sharing anything of peculiarity.  We liked bouncing ideas off one another and I valued him more for respecting my opinion.  So whether I attended a meeting or not, I still understood the business challenges discussed.  The Red River Pack was up next.  We were just arriving to the Pack territory.  Much

Colby POV             “She was poisoned,” Kate says.  Why the hell would someone poison a little girl?  “No, that’s not possible,” I reply in complete denial.  “It’s the only thing that makes sense, Colby,” she replies.  “It makes no sense, Kate.  Who would do this to a little girl?” I demand.  I am outraged that my little girl has been hurt and I can’t do anything to fix it.             “What are you doing now?” I ask the Pack doctor.  She had Amelie removed from the ice bath.  “Now we treat her, as best we can, with the poison in her.  I can only hope the damage is limited, given the time the wolfsbane has been in her system,” she says as she helps the nurses prepare Amelie to be taken back to her room.             “What does that mean?  It only

Kate POV             It was a long night watching over Amelie but gratefully she didn’t have any more episodes.  If anything, she’s been resting very comfortably, and it seems like the antidote for wolfsbane is working.  Colby and I haven’t spoken since last evening.  His words were spoken coldly, and I really had nothing to offer him at this point.             Miranda was arriving this morning and I would take her around the Pack house to see whether she could figure anything out that would help with the mystery.  I stood up stretching when Colby turned to look at me.  He didn’t say anything just stared.  I moved around the bed and went to wrap my arms around his neck.  He didn’t reject me, like I expected he would, but he didn’t touch me either.             As

Kate POV             Moving back toward the Pack hospital, I consider what to share with Colby.  He will be furious that I left without him.  He’ll be more furious to know I had brought the rogues with me from the Golden Moon Pack.  I was furious that they had the nerve to bring this fight here.  And Amelie was hurt in the crossfire.             As I got to the hospital, I once again smelled Josey.  It was faint, but I knew she had been here.  I entered Amelie’s room to see she was still resting.  I look at Colby and can feel his anger.  “You just had to go off on your own, didn’t you?” he demands standing up and getting into my space.  “I was hardly alone Colby, I had Seth and Reg with me along with our warriors,” I reply calmly.             Looking ar

Drake POV             We had been searching for hours for signs of Maddie.  She had been missing for eight hours now.  A lot could happen in eight hours.  She could be dead.  But I would feel that through the mate bond, and I wasn’t feeling that she had died.  I was so pissed off at everyone, but it was nobody’s fault but my own. I should have forced her to come with me. I never should have left her alone.  Being so arrogant and thinking I could keep her safe here infuriates me.  Now she was missing.             She would be afraid.  She had not been away from her family for any amount of time and not away from me since we had met.  She had to know we were looking for her.  She had to feel that.  Alpha Samuel and Luna Jasmine were searching with us.  They still had the ability to mind-link with her,