“Theentire country is in mass panic. Kai’s video was uploaded to YouTube. Otherwerewolves began coming out in public too and those videos were uploaded. Thereis no denying the werewolves race now. The humans are looting stores, vampiresare openly killing humans now. Some werewolves have been killed on site out offear.” My stomach turned to dread. No.
“Butit’s not all bad,” she continued. “Lots of footage shows militias bandingtogether with local packs and taking out vampires. But they have called in theUS government to treat this as a terrorist threat. They will be watching youclosely, Aurora. If you want to get Kai …”
Shespoke in her mind.‘We need to sneak away. They will have eyes all over thismountain in the next few minutes.’
Inodded. I went to walk away to gather my things. She tugged on my arm.‘Wecan’t bring too many people. A handful, in and out.,’she said.
Inodded again. A handful. Who should I bring? Max was strong, but I needed himto stay back and look out for the pack. Diya would want to help her brother,but Kai would never forgive me if she got hurt.
Iturned the corner and Sadie was standing there with Shamus.
“Sadie!Shamus! What are you still doing here?”
Shamusgave me a hug. “A few of us stayed overnight after the wedding. Woke up to allthis drama.”
“Yeah,I saw your video.” I glared at him.
Heshrugged. “Sorry for not telling you, but Kai thought it best.”
Sadie’seyes were red like she had been crying. “Is it true? Devon’s dead and Kai ...”She didn’t finish. This was her pack for years. She was close with Devon andwith Kai.
Ihad a crazy thought then. Sadie was a good fighter. She cared about Kai as muchas I hated to acknowledge it.
Ilowered my voice. “Sadie, I’m going to get Kai back. I can only take a fewpeople. It has to be a low key rescue and we need to leave now.” I didn’tfinish my sentence. She looked at her Alpha. They were conversing in silence.Finally he nodded. She looked at me.
“Let’sgo get him.”
“Yourmate?” I queried.
“Iscoming too.” Brett rounded the corner. She must have told him through the matebond. He didn’t look pleased, but he wasn’t about to let her go alone.
‘I’mgoing to get Kai back.’I told the entire pack.
“I‘llbe right back.” I ran to my house and packed some things quickly, then I buriedthe black arrowhead Nahuel gave me.
Kai
Wewere the last people I would expect to mount a rescue mission on Kai.
“Remindme again why I’m helping you rescue your ex-boyfriend?” Brett asked Sadiejokingly.
“Becauseyou love me.” She flashed a smile.
Icouldn’t believe I was in a car with Kai’s ex-girlfriend, her mate, an ExRAIDOS employee and a Shaman. I had left Max in charge and had told Emma Iwould be back as soon as possible.
Rajand his high up dominants had to go back to India and deal with the chaosthere. All over the world, people were either standing to fight with thewerewolves or trying to kill them in a mass panic.
Isqueezed Nahuel’s forearm. “Thanks for coming, I really appreciate it.”
Henodded stoically. “I’m glad you thought to ask for my help. Sometimes we forgetto ask for the help that is offered and try to do things on our own.”
Ihuffed. “And I here I thought we might get through a car ride without yourphilosophy.”
Hecracked a smile.
Suddenly,I felt a tug at my chest. The mate bond. Kai was awake. Then a blinding painripped through me. I screamed. Luckily Brett was driving or I would havecrashed the car. I grabbed my head and closed my eyes.
‘Kai?What’s happening? Where are you?’Iwasn’t sure how the mate bond worked or if we could communicate so far. I wentinto my mind’s eye and found myself in the woods behind our house. Kai’s energywas there, it was a dim ball of light. It was flickering. I grabbed the ball,Kai’s energy, and was sucked into a vision.
