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She gulped and summoned all the courage she could muster. “Rafe.”
Her father’s face turned from red to purple and he appeared to vibrate with rage.
“Come with me.” He grabbed her by the forearm and dragged her out of his cabin.
“Where are you taking me?” She attempted to wiggle out of his harsh grasp. “Why are you doing this?”
He led her toward a shed where they stored wood and yanked her inside. “Keeping you from interfering as we deal with them.”
He left her there in the dark and slammed the door closed.
“No, Papa!” Mila pounded on the door and attempted to open it. No luck.
“Please,” she begged. “It doesn’t have to be like this.”
The sound of a lock clicking sealed her fate. Then it was silent.
Chapter 14
Rafe
The Saccos are coming,Damon warned the pack.At least a dozen of them are charging in wolf form in my direction.
Shit!Cover him,Rafe commanded the enforcers stationed along the borderline to the Sacco lands. Rafe had to get as many shifters into position as possible—and quickly. He couldn’t leave Damon to defend against them all.
What about the enforcers on the other borders? Rafe debated pulling them as well, but that could open them to an ambush. If the Saccos surrounded his pack, Rafe would be setting them up as prey as they were trapped in the middle.
He told the other enforcers to stay wary and wait for any command if needed.
Grayson, meet me at the border.
On my way,he responded.
Although it was barely dusk, Rafe rushed out of his home and shifted to wolf form. As he ran toward the border, he thought of Mila. Was she all right?
Another possibility twisted his gut. She was one of the Saccos headed toward them. Why else would they be attacking now after she’d returned?
No, he couldn’t worry about that now. He attempted to shove that poisonous thought away as the pads of his feet pounded through snow. What he needed to focus on was protecting his pack from the Sacco attack.
He sprinted through the snow toward the border. When he arrived, he skidded to a stop on four paws.
The battle had already begun.
It was Sacco versus Franconia in a battle of fangs and claws. Snarls and howls echoed in the air. Wolves rolled, kicking up snow as they gnashed at each other and spattered blood across the surface.
The Franconia shifters were outnumbered. Rafe would need all of their enforcers to fight.
He communicated to the enforcers patrolling the other borders. Come to the Sacco border. Now!
He scanned the rolling land, now a battlefield. They still wouldn’t have enough. It appeared the Saccos had brought all their packmates over.
What about Mila?
Rafe didn’t have time to search for her. He reached out to his pack.We need all who can fight at the Sacco border immediately. They have attacked.
Then he launched himself into the battle and fought off three Saccos, leaving them gouged, before he searched for one in particular.
Kane.
