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I was a different version of myself like this, and this wolf was so thrilled to have finally claimed Senna himself. He’d been in far more control that time than any before and was thrilled to rub against the heart of her alluring smell.

He’d also scented the baby.

We were almost to the house when I felt Senna’s grip tighten, pulling at the fur. I paused, grumbling at her.

“Jet, I…” Senna wobbled on top of me, and my pulse skyrocketed. Senna? “Dammit. I think—”

Just as she was about to finish, Senna groaned, collapsing to my back and then tumbling off. I spun around to see her gripping her head, her eyes wide and completely whited over.

Whining, I buried my nose into her side, nudging at her as she stared into nothing. Part of me wanted to shift back, but the hold the wolf had on me was too strong, and I wasn’t about to waste time fighting it.

She mumbled words nearly incoherently, and all I could do was paw at her, bury my nose against her chest, and give her something to cling to.

“Terrance…he, oh fuck, I think…there was someone else…” My ears flattened against my head as she cried out into the trees, and a low growl rumbled in my ribcage, anger for the pain she was going through.

Senna curled in on herself, scooping around my snout as I whined into her chest. Her delicious rose and almond scent was tinged with awful char, and I let her dig her nails into my flesh beyond the fur.

After a moment, her grip relaxed, and I nudged at her until she sat up for me.

“Oof. Okay.” She nodded her head, stroking through my fur between my brows. “I’m okay. It’s all right.”

A dissatisfied whine left me, backed by the punctuation of a bump with my snout. Senna laughed, but the heavenly sound was too exhausted to be relieving.

“I am. I promise. I…there was one of our wolves talking to Terrance.” She looked up and met my eyes, putting her hands on either side of my face. “I didn’t get a good look, but he was an Edwards. I just…I know it. We need to get back.”

Chuffing out a breath, I did my best to nod in this form and stood up, circling around and lying down for her to climb back on top of me. Senna pulled herself up, leaning heavily against my back, and I grumbled again.

“I didn’t enjoy it either. Just get me home, and then you can yell at me.”

Barking, I bolted into a full sprint and got us back to the house as quickly as I could. Someone from the pack was speaking to Terrance, and when I found whoever it was, I was going to tear his fucking throat out.

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Back at the compound, I was quick to shift back and throw on my clothes so that I could call together the closest members of the pack. Kaiden and Kenzie met Senna and me in the meeting chambers first. Geo and Orion walked in sync next, and Grayson followed in after them.

“We have a problem,” I growled, standing in front of Senna protectively as the wolf inside me wouldn’t back down from her.

“What’s wrong, Alpha?” Grayson asked, and Kaiden was quick to step forward, bowing his head and offering his full attention.

“Someone has been feeding information to Terrance. Senna had another vision.”

The wolves gathered all gasped in unison, and then Senna pushed out from behind my arm, meeting eyes with each of them.

“I didn’t get a great look at whoever it was, but he was younger, clouded by darkness, and he wasn’t at the meeting earlier. I could sense it.”

A growl rumbled out of me, and there was nothing to be done about stopping it. Fury boiled my blood, coiling in the pit of my stomach like a venomous snake.

“Who wasn’t at the meeting? Did anyone do a full head count?”

Kenzie stepped forward, sidling up to Senna and wrapping an arm around her.

“Hey, it’s going to be fine. I did count everyone, and it looked like everyone was there. But,” Kenzie turned and faced me, still offering her support to Senna, “that wasn’t the case for everyone leaving. After the meeting…”

She hesitated, and I could sense the regret in her. She didn’t want to be accusing anyone of anything, but this wasn’t the time to pussyfoot around feelings. Guilty until proven innocent, right now.

“MacKenzie, speak up,” I bit out, and Kaiden held up his hands, trying to ease the tension brewing between us.

“I know what you’re going to say, Kenz.” He nodded, clenching his jaw. “Leon left the meeting halfway through. I haven’t seen him since.”

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