I keep a tight hold on Connors hand as we walk deeper into the woods. " Oh, I probably should warn you. Alpha George has sent guards searching through the woods," I say. " I already know. I nearly ran into some," he said. A bit of worry fills me because of that. " How did you escape them?" I ask. " I hid in a tree," says Connor. I then look and smile at him. He looks at me and sees the smile. " What?" He asks. " I had no idea you, the son of an Alpha, knew how to climb trees," I say. " Why is that so hard to believe?" he asks with a small smile coming onto his lips. " Because on the way Alpha Conan is. I would have thought you would have been forced to do Alpha training and serious stuff all your life," I say. " Hey, I hung with Cassandra and Clayton a lot when I was a kid. Oh, a

