Taylor turns to me, her eyes wide and scared.She reaches for me, to grab me or push me out of the way, I’m not sure.
The men jump out of the van, two of them going for Taylor and three for me.I open my mouth to scream, but they press a cloth over my face.They do the same to Taylor, and I watch her eyes droop as mine grow heavy.
Darkness swirls around me as the men grab me and toss me in the back of the van.Tears trickle from my eyes as the door slams shut behind me.
My last thought before I’m pulled under is if Cooper will find me in time.
Then the blackness takes me.
9
Cooper
“Taylor!”Reyes screams as he bursts through the front door of his place.
I know as soon as I step inside that my mate isn’t here.Her scent is still in the air, but it’s faint.
Reyes sprints up the stairs, needing to check.I sweep the first floor, my wolf snarling at me to go, to find our mate.He’s all worked up inside me, and it’s not helping my anxiety.
We’ll find her,I promise.
We need to get to her.NOW!he roars.
“They’re not here,” Reyes says, confirming my worst fears.
Now I’m in full-blown panic mode.
I promised to keep her safe.Fuck.What if?—
“They must still be in town,” he says, cutting off my spiraling thoughts.
“Let’s go.”I spin on my heel and tear out of his house.
We race down the path to town, our wolves scenting the air for any trace of our mates.We must look wild and unhinged as we jog down Main Street, taking deep breaths.A few tourists give us weird looks, and a family pulls their kids away from us, crossing to the other side of the street.I pay them no mind.I need to get to Landry.I need her in my arms.
Now.
“Here!”Reyes calls.
I dart across the road in front of a car.The driver leans on the horn as he slams on his brakes, but I’m already at Reyes’ side.We hurry down the sidewalk, past a few stores.Landry’s scent is growing stronger now, and I pick up my pace, turning the corner toward the diner.
She’s probably inside, eating, I tell my wolf.
He whines.Need her.Need our mate.
Reyes jerks open the diner door, and I look around frantically.
“Looking for your girls?”a server asks as she walks past with a tray.
“Yes,” Reyes and I reply at the same time.
“They just left.Saw them head toward the trail out back.”
“Thanks,” Reyes says.
I’m already heading back outside.I beeline around the building, and that’s when I see the van speeding away.
“No!”I scream, taking off after it.
