Reese’s POV It had been a long stressful day and all I wanted to do was go find Rayne and snuggle up to her and go to bed. After we finally decided to call it quits for the night, I headed to the guest bedroom where I assumed Rayne would still be with her grandmother. When I opened the door, I was surprised to see Constance by Rayne’s grandmother’s side. “Where is Rayne?” I asked her in almost a whisper not wanting to wake Rayne’s grandmother. “I told her to go get some fresh air.” Constance says to me back in a soothing voice. “Thank you.” I said as I turned around and shut the door gingerly. I couldn’t imagine the toll that this has taken on Rayne seeing her grandmother possessed by someone and then falling limp in front of her. Her grandmother was old and this would have taken a toll on her body and she is probably worried sick about her and her wellbeing. Opening the front door I took a step outside looking around and saw nothing and took a sniff of the air and didn’t s

Reese’s POV Last night I stayed at the packhouse and I barely got a wink of sleep because I couldn't stop thinking about Rayne being taken by a group of wolf hunters. I just don’t understand why her and Conner would go for a run together and especially why they would run off pack lands. None of this made any sense to me. The only reasonable explanation I could come up with was she was so distraught by what had happened to her grandmother that she just ran hard trying to forget everything that was going on and lost track of her surroundings. We are all guilty of letting our wolf make us feel free and that is the only explanation I can come up with. I know Conner wasn’t in his right mind when he left the meeting room and even though I am happy that he is with her now I worry he may try to work his way back into Rayne’s heart. A fear I believe I will have for the rest of my life knowing that the two of them are mates in her witch heritage, But I must remember that her mother chose to

Rayne’s POV My heart races as we walked through the door and up the stairs to the next floor. I didn’t know what to expect or who was waiting for me, and I just hoped that the person that put a bounty on my head wasn’t here yet and maybe I could bargain for Conner’s and my freedom. Once upstairs I could tell we were in a house that looked similar to Reese’s packhouse. The place had an older feel, but the room set ups were similar. I noticed about a dozen of the cloak men walking around as we continued down a long hall to what I assumed would be an office which it was. Upon entering the room, a man sat behind the desk in a red cloak inside of the black cloak that everyone else was wearing and it made me wonder if this was a symbol of power. The two men that escorted me walked out leaving me in the room alone with the man in the red cloak. “Please have a seat.” The man in the red cloak said as his hand gestured to the chairs in front of the desk. Quickly I moved to the seat nea

Rayne’s POV Lunch was over and Travis had to get back to his work. I asked if I could stay in the study and read some of the books that he had in his collection and he agreed to letting me stay. This time when he left the room the door wasn’t locked behind him and I felt like I have gained some of his trust, although I was only two doors down from his office. I also had a feeling he knew I wouldn’t leave without Conner. The book Travis had set out with the many creatures I found very appealing and I found myself intrigued with the many different supernatural beings that walk among us. As I looked through the book, I wondered what Travis’ other side of him was. One thing that I know for sure was the coldness of his touch was not from his warlock side and for some reason I wanted to figure out what he is so I know what I am dealing with. Some different creatures I came across but quickly ruled them out. The two that stood out to me were a vampire and a demon. With being only a half

Rayne’s POV It took a lot of convincing on my behalf with Sarah and a lot of trust that I wasn’t bolting for her to give her cloak up to me. But after a half hour of negotiation, she finally handed it over with the terms of taking it off in the bathroom and putting my white cloak on in its place. The plan was she was going to head to the study and act like she was me and I was going to head to the basement to see Conner. I walked beside her to the study like she would have and turned and headed to the basement. To my surprise there was no guards but of course the captives were locked up in cells with no way to escape because of the spelled chains that were on them. Cautiously I descended the stairs and made my way to the door that led to the cells and stopped dead in my tracks. A man stood at the door that led to the cells and just when I was about to turn around the man in the cloak says, “It’s about time. I asked an hour ago for relieved.” As he walked past me and up the stairs