Chapter 391

Avery’s POV

“Bjorn!”

“Bjooom!”

Our calls went unanswered across the fields. The wind was picking up now, sending ripples over the tall grass. The air smelled like rain, and the sky had darkened rapidly in the span of twenty minutes.

Sebastian and I stood at the roadside, breathless and terrified. Bjorn had been missing for four hours now, and I was this close to sending out an inter-pack alert to find him.

“Trail’s gone cold,” I said, planting my hands on my hips and looking around.

Using my familial bond and knowledge of Bjorn’s particularities from similar incidents in the past, we had managed to track his trail down to the tall, grassy fields about a mile away from the Evergreen borders. I could see his little paw prints in the muddy ditch, indicating that he had been here at some point.

But after that, there was nothing.

back.” He looked at me. “I wonder if he

water at the suggestion. Sebastian and I exchanged glances, and I knew he came

conclusion I did.

Gideon.

had left early. Given the approximate timeline of Bjorn’s disappearance and the location-Aldric’s pack was further in this direction, and Nightwolf was in the opposite direction-there was a very good possibility that Gideon had spotted him

Evergreen right now, then that

was still

Evergreen, we climbed into the car and immediately made for Nightwolf. It was over an hour’s drive away, but Sebastian sped most of the

was starting to come down in fat droplets that were washed away by the windshield wipers. Sebastian pulled up the long, winding road leading to the Alpha house, and I held

in Nightwolf after a decade was strange. The place had seemingly hardly changed over the years; the hillsides dotted with little clusters of cottages, yellow lanterns spilling out into

thought would be mine. It looked the same as ever. Dark, sprawling, and yet just as beautiful as I remembered.

Sebastian put the car in

the car if you’re uncomfortable,” he said. “I

I’m coming.” I reached for the door handle. “If he took my son, then I want to confront

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