Night was falling and Gabriel and the others were still no closer to finding Sebastian. Gabriel could tell that Sarah was becoming more and more worried the longer that it took for them to find him, but he also knew that they were all exhausted. This would be the second night that Sebastian has been with the hunters, no one had slept or eaten in over forty eight hours. They had been too busy running, driving, or searching during all of that time. It seemed they were going to have to search closer to Rotterford’s estate and possibly in the estate, but Gabriel knew that they needed to rest and eat first. If he and conri were struggling with exhaustion and hunger, he knew the others had to really be struggling. Gabriel knew that they could not chance making simple mistakes at this point due to exhaustion and hunger. He sent out a message for everyone to meet back at the SUV that Axel and Megan had brought down. 

Emily was exhausted. She had been running most of the night. She would slow down and walk a few times to catch her breath and rest, but she was too scared to stop completely. Her legs were now to the point that they were shaking and felt like jelly, but Emily knew if she stopped that she might not get back up again. Everything on her body was hurting. She could feel the bruising and swelling from Lord Rotterford hitting and grabbing her. Emily had heard the baying of the hounds about an hour after she left the mansion. Mrs. Kingsely had been right. She had heard them most of the night as she continued to run. It had scared her more though when she quit hearing the baying about an hour ago. Emily could only hope that meant that the hounds had led everyone in a different direction far from her.   She was abl

Gabriel and Sarah had been looking for Sebastian most of the day. Gabriel could tell that Sarah was getting more and more anxious as the day went on and they still had not found Sebastian. He saw that it was slowly getting a little darker too. The sun would be setting soon. Just as Gabriel was about to check in with Axel and Megan again they heard the hounds that had been baying for the last couple of hours get louder.  I hate to say this, Gabriel sent to Sarah, but maybe we should try heading toward the hounds. Maybe they are looking for Sebastian. We will just keep careful and keep a good distance between them and us.  Okay.

When Gabriel awoke he realized that they were on the road. He smiled when he glanced down and saw that his mate was still snuggled up on his chest sleeping soundly. He realized that he was in a horribly uncomfortable position, but he did not want to move for fear of disturbing his mate. His mate must have endured so much based on her injuries and to have run through the woods for hours. Based on what little he had overheard from the hunters, he could guess that she had been running since sometime last night. Gabriel had no idea what condition she had been in when she left out. He knew that she had to have had at least some of her injuries when she left.Looking around the SUV Gabriel saw that almost everyone was asleep. The only ones that were awake were him, Marcus, and Axel. Poor Axel was driving, but you could tell that he was starting to show signs of

Why are you so willing to trust this man? Emily wondered to herself as she began to slowly follow him toward the town he lives in. Shouldn’t the last few days have shown you that trusting men has not been the best idea? So far you have been betrayed by family and two other men that you had no relation to. While Emily had these thoughts going through the rational side of her brain, the other side was turning to mush with how nice and attentive he was being. Every few steps he would stop and turn around to help her step down from a rock, or help her over a fallen tree. It almost seemed like he was really just looking for any excuse to help to touch her. Emily could not lie. There were a few times that she intentionally let her hand linger in his for a few extra seconds. Emily liked the way that her hand felt in his. She could easily see herself falling for Gabriel if she were to stay. No. Stop. S