Ronnie looked. “We would have noticed.”
I shrugged. “Not if it was hidden in something that covered the burn.” I stood and patted his shoulder. “No one is safe right now. We will be fast.” I walked away, looking back only once. Ronnie was still on his cot, looking a little lost.
“Is he okay?” Rowan looked back at where I was looking.
“I don’t know. But that’s something we will have to deal with later.”
“Betrayal cuts deep when it isn’t expected.”
I laughed. “I don’t think it counts as betrayal if it was expected.”
Chapter Thirty-Six
We cleared the tent and ran into Toya. “Are you okay?” I snagged her chin and tilted her face for a better look. The cut on her face was healing as I watched, and the worry I had disappeared.
She grinned. “Yeah. My family just got back from hunting down some runners. We just came back to check in before we went for another run.” She looked around. “Everything good here?”
I shook my head once. “I’ll send Nix to you to explain. We are heading back to the pack house.” I sighed. I grabbed her arm once. “Stay safe until we get back.”
She tilted her head and nodded once. “Be safe.”
I smiled at her, then I shifted into Nix and started running.Megan…go tell Toya everything.She took off before I hit the trees.
Erubus caught up with me, and we ran to the pack house in silence. “We are heading back to Vince’s pack, right?”
I nodded once. “They have a med building, and I’m sure they have a huge stock of what we need.” I called over to him. “Plus…”
“Plus what?”
“It gives me a second to check in on Alannah.” We ran past the pack house, and something I couldn’t put my finger on had my hackles raising.
“What the fuck is that?” Rowan’s voice was a soft whisper from his wolf’s mouth as he sidled up next to me.
“Nothing good.” I kept running. “But something we will have to check on later.” I headed straight to the gazebo and shifted back into my human form as I stepped next to the panel. Rowan was right behind me. “Let’s go.”
We ran back under the gazebo and up the stairs to the cliff. I ran straight through the front door and up the stairs. “Amy!” I heard Shelly call after me in confusion, but Carly’s soft voice called after us.
“She has to save people.”
I ran into the room to find Alannah still in labor, drenched in sweat. “You’ve got this, baby.” Ternen was still there, holding her softly, and my heart lurched. My mom looked up, confused by the sudden interruption.
“Why are you back?” She sat back. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing you need to worry about right now. Just take care of everyone here, and I will handle the rest.” I ran past her to the closest and Rowan followed close behind me.
“Sorry, guys.” He tossed out as he ran by, and I almost laughed.
We pushed into my old room, and I continued out. Rowan stopped in the closest for a second, which made me turn back. “What are you doing?”
He was rustling around in the closest. He came out with two duffel bags in his hands. “I figured we would need something to carry everything.”
I nearly smacked myself. “You’re right.” I smiled as I held out my hand, taking a bag from him. “Let’s go.” We ran down the stairs of my old home and out the front door into…chaos. People were running around lost. Someone was crying. A child was on the ground with blood on their hands. “What the fuck is going on?” I grabbed the child from the ground. “Celia, where is your mom?”
The little girl shook her head. “I don’t know. Everyone is going crazy.”
Rowan started down the street towards the pack house. “Why?”
Celia sniffled. “The Alpha and Beta are missing.”
