Page 66 of Claimed By Fur and Fangs

"You’re running out of time," the voice said coldly. "Zampalan Park. You have one hour. Come alone. If you don’t, you’ll never see your best friend again."

The line went dead.

I stood there, phone in hand, the silence ringing in my ears as my world spun out of control. "Amelia, listen to me," Finn said, gripping my shoulders. "You can’t go alone. We’ll go with you."

“No,” I snapped, tearing away from him. “I’m not risking Sienna’s life! She needs me, Finn!”

I turned to Aidan, my voice shaky but filled with desperation.

"I need your help. I need... I need a way to get there quickly, without anyone seeing me. They said I have one hour, and if I don’t do exactly what they want, Sienna’s dead."

"You’re not going alone," Aidan’s expression was unreadable, but his jaw tightened.

I shook my head, the panic threatening to drown me.

"I have to. I have to do this on my own. If you come with me, they’ll kill her. They said so."

Aidan’s eyes hardened, but he didn’t argue. Instead, he moved toward the door, his voice cold but commanding.

"We’ll make sure you’re not followed. You’ll get there. But we’ll be watching from a distance. You’re not going into this blind, Amelia."

I wanted to protest, to tell them I could handle it myself, but I couldn’t. The fear of losing Sienna was too much, and I didn’t care who I had to break to get to her.

“I can’t lose her,” I whispered, my breath ragged as I turned to Finn. “I just… I just can’t lose her.”

Finn reached for me; his grip gentle yet firm. "We’ll do whatever it takes to bring her back, Amelia. You’re not alone in this."

I felt like I was suffocating, the panic threatening to tear me apart as I watched Aidan dial the phone. His face was a mask of tension, his eyes flicking between Finn and me.

“Julian,” Aidan said, his voice cold and efficient as he placed the phone to his ear. “Track the number that called Amelia. I just sent it to you. Find out where it’s coming from. We need answers, fast.”

I tried to breathe, tried to steady my mind, but my thoughts kept spiraling back to Sienna.

After what felt like an eternity, Aidan hung up and turned to us.

“It’s Orson’s doing, he’s the only one I can think of that plays this dirty and besides, he tried to kidnap Amelia,” he said, his eyes narrowing with the fury of old grudges.

Minutes later, the phone rang again. Aidan’s expression darkened as he listened, his jaw clenching.

“The IT team is having trouble tracking the number. The SIM card’s broken, but they’ve managed to track the province where it was purchased,” he said as he turned to Finn and me.

Aidan’s eyes flickered with controlled anger.

“Surround the area. Get my men there, undercover. We’re not letting anyone jeopardize Sienna’s life,” he said to Julian over the phone.

“Aidan, what if we track Sienna’s phone instead? It might give us a lead on where Orson is hiding,” Finn spoke, his voice firm.

Aidan’s eyes flashed with agreement. He grabbed the phone again and barked orders to Julian. Minutes later, he hung up.

“It’s done. We have her phone’s location.”

“I’ll get my pack to surround the area. We’ll take care of things from our side,” Finn said.

Aidan’s eyes were cold as he glanced at Finn.

“Don’t forget to tell them to use a scent removal spray. The last thing we need is a vampire sniffing around and ruining this mission.”

“Scent removal?” I asked.

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