"Hayes!" I call out, running toward him. "Where is he?"

He shifts back into his human form, looking past me to Penny as he waves to her to come to him.

"I have to get back to him. Where is Percy? I need both he and Penny." He rushes out. There is a frantic nature to the way he searches for the two of them, as he tries to be respectful of me while trying to get around me.

"Percy isn't well enough to go anywhere." I tell him, not really wanting to get into the details right now.

"Fuck." He growls both hands in his head as panic overwhelms him.

"I will go in his place," I offer and he shakes his head like it's the craziest thing he has ever heard in his life.

"No. You have to go back and-"

"And what? Cower and wait in the room and hope nothing terrible happens? No!" I growl, cutting him off. "I will absolutely NOT be doing that. There is no stopping me. You are taking my protection, besides I will only follow you if you try to leave me."

Hayes frowns and drags a hand down his face before he nods.

"I don't have time to argue," he grits out as Penny rushes toward him. "But I am begging you to stay, Luna. Please." he says, looking at me.

"Not a chance in hell." I tell him.

I know I am being difficult, but damn it, if the jerk controlling all these wolves wants me, they can have me as long as they don't hurt Merikh. Whoever this is, whatever they want to do with me, I know Merikh can figure out a way to fix it, but only if he is alive and safe.

"Colette..." Caspian's voice is wary as he looks at me and I push past Hayes, running in the direction he came from.

"This way, right?" I ask, breaking into a run and I hear them arguing behind me, then I hear them running. Penny and Hayes break into their Lycan form. I shift into my wolf and my father...well hopeful he left his sea legs in the mansion because he is going to have to keep up.

short and every second too long. What happened? What can I expect to walk into? I have nothing and know nothing about what I

my shoulder, shocked that my dad, though always behind us, is maintaining a decent pace and keeping us in view. I don't know how long we run. It feels like hours until

gone, she...retreated." she says, looking at Hayes

scans the woods, both he and Penny slightly crouched,

confused look as he throws clothing at me and Penny. And a pair of shorts at Hayes. Not that I care about my naked state right now. I have more pressing issues. Like a Lycan King who is missing and in grave danger. But I slip into my shirt

looking for?" Penny whispers and Hayes takes

are listening, so shut up," he snaps and I strain my ears,

feel it beneath me, the source of life from the water and all it brings. I can hear it as it trickles through the roots of the trees and feeds the

I whisper, feeling like

takes my hand, keeping me steady. "Without your wolf you are simply a siren princess." He whispers. "It can be a lot to be able to feel the water everywhere it is. You will grow accustomed to

I ask him, fear in

focusing on that all I can do is think about fucking water. Where it's at, where it's going. Then I feel the water quiver. Like a ripple in a calm lake.

Hayes and Penny,

when I left

is right. I can feel it too. Something

Merikh is." Hayes straightens his shoulders and looks at Penny, then the

when see the massive thing throw an enormous balled up fist, striking Merikh across the face. He flies into a tree, his body thudding as he tumbles to the

of one, trying to stomp on his brother, and Penny distracts the other. Merikh stands, hobbling as he winces, but he sizes up the beasts ready to

Caspian, who gapes at what he

admits. "They kind of look like

and he frowns. "Those are real

never known those to be a real

as he blinks at me in utter shock. He looks awful. Blood is dripping from his

a dream that none of this is real. How can it be? These beasts aren't supposed to exist and Merikh is a Lycan with no lycan to fight with or

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