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An overriding fear that I'd left her vulnerable to being taken clutched at my heart.
Cade!Blake shouted to me through the mind-link.One of the guys I had watching Keri just reported back.
I had no idea that he'd had someone watching her.
They saw her get into a car, and the driver of the car was Curtis.
Why would Keri be getting into a car with Curtis? If Curtis was with her did that mean Scarlett was with them?
I'll go check it out. Who is watching them?I asked so that I would know who to mind-link with.
Gabe.
Gabe was a member of Blake's pack that had joined with mine.
Where are you?I asked Gabe through the mind-link. Gabe gave me the address but told me that they were on the move.
It looks like they are on their way into Victor's territory,he told me.
Victor!I knew he had to be behind this.
I mind-linked to a couple of my pack's fighters to order them back to the compound. I had no idea what was going on but there was no way I was going in without some sort of backup.
If I fucked up, Scarlett could die.
Minutes later we all got into a couple of cars and raced out of the property. I drove the car as fast as I could. Time was of the essence and I couldn't waste even one moment.
They have just entered Victor's territory, Gabe told me, and gave me directions to the area.
It took me thirty minutes before our cars pulled up alongside Gabe's and we all got out.
Curtis and Keri are werewolves,Gabe informed me as I came to a standstill beside him. The statement threw me. I had no idea. How had they been able to cover that up?
They belong to Victor's pack,he told me.
From where we stood I spotted them loading some stuff into a helicopter. It was time to take action. We shifted into our wolf forms and then we crept up and surrounded them before they could run. They were outnumbered and they knew it.
I shifted as my fighters, who were now in human form as well, held Keri and Curtis in front of me. They looked at me defiantly.
"Where is she?" I spat at Curtis but he refused to talk. It was hard to think that I'd trusted him. The betrayal I felt—I pushed it down. I couldn't let that cloud my mind.
I was about to make him talk with the persuasion of my fists when I got a faint whiff of a scent.
It was Scarlett. I could smell her.
I shifted so that I would be able to smell her scent better and I followed it through the field. It got stronger.
Scar!I called out to her. Then I spotted a building and, at the open door on her knees, was Scarlett. Relief filled me at the sight of her. She was alive.
Scar!I called out to her again as I ran as fast as I could to her. Two of my fighters followed behind me.
I watched with horror as she clutched her heart and gasped in pain. She crumpled to the floor like a broken doll.
I shifted the moment I reached her. I reached for her and lay her gently on her back. I scanned her face frantically trying to figure out what had happened.
The bruises and blood made my heart crack. She'd been beaten badly.
"Scarlett, talk to me," I said, desperation creeping into my voice. I had no idea what was wrong.
