West POV The days ticked by at a glacial pace, each one a frustrating reminder that we were no closer to uncovering the secrets of the pack – or finding Hope, Aria's mother. I'd been keeping tabs on Bale, but every lead ended in a dead-end. Just as I was about to lose hope, a sudden buzz in my mind link broke the silence. One of our spies, embedded deep within the pack, was reaching out to me with potentially game-changing information. My heart quickened with anticipation as I opened the link, my mind racing with possibilities. “Alpha, Beta Deckard is making his move,” “Who's Deckard?” I asked. “The new Beta of crescent pack” “Where are you?” “I tailed him to his house and he's preparing to leave the pack to go and see that woman, that's what I heard in his conversation with some

