Selene and Ethan walked back to the women’s village hand in hand. It could have been romantic if Ethan’s strides weren’t twice the length of hers, leaving her looking like she was playing hopscotch just to keep up. “You’re in a rush,” she said. He nodded. “I need to tell the alphas.” “What about your link thing? Can’t you just tell them through that?” she asked, and he nodded again. “I can, but sometimes what we say doesn’t come through as clearly as we want. It depends on the height of our emotions and the physical distance between us,” Ethan explained. “And I can’t let this information get distorted.” “This dagger information is really important then?” “It means the people going missing are being used in a ritualistic sacrifice. We had considered it but didn’t believe it possible.

