August
Darkness fell long before we finally found Aeliana's location. Her kidnappers led us on a confusing and twisting journey, forcing us to loop back several times. What we had originally thought would be a tracing of Aeliana's scent turned out to be a series of riddles, each one bringing Alpha Derek's rage closer and closer to the surface. By the time we deciphered the last set of directions—at least, we hoped they were the last—he was screaming in frustration. If I were a different person, I would have slapped him across the face by now and told him to get it together. His right-hand man, Max, looked as though he felt the same, and we didn't agree on anything. That was saying something.
Everyone, stay close, Derek ordered through mindlink. I bristled against his Alpha tone, which he
