KILLIAN
When I saw the woods, I thought no.
There was no way in hell that Raelynn had left pack grounds. She couldn’t be that stupid, but the fact that she had left meant she was beyond livid. I trailed the forest, trying to catch a whiff of her scent when a scream pierced through the cold air of the night. I knew it the second I heard it; even from the far distance, it was unmistakable. I’d heard that sound so many times in the past, so there was no way I’d be wrong.
I followed the sound, and sure enough, there she was, in the midst of my enemies, pinned to the ground while they stared at her hungrily. Among the many reasons why I hadn’t marked Ariella yet, safety was at the top of that list, and yet somehow I didn’t consider the fact that marking Raelynn would make her a target. She w
