Maya POV The enforcers passed our hiding spot without seeing us. We waited until their footsteps faded, then made our way back to the main floor as quickly as possible.Ryker was waiting in the entrance hall, his expression thunderous. The private meeting with Marcus must have gone badly. When he saw me, relief flooded his features, followed quickly by concern.“Where were you? I told you to stay in the sitting room.”“We found something,” I said, my voice shaking. “Someone. Ryker, I need to tell you—”Marcus appeared from his office, his smile sharp and cold. “Alpha Ryker, I hope you and Maya enjoyed your tour of my packhouse. But I’m afraid the Council meeting is about to begin. We should all take our seats.”It was a dismissal, a power play. Marcus herding us like sheep toward the meeting room where he’d have home territory advantage.But I couldn’t go sit through a Council meeting. Not now. Not when Leo was locked upstairs, bleeding, suffering, alone.I looked at Ryker, trying to
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