Sebastian The tension in the air feels almost suffocating as I step outside and find Alpha Ian flanked by a small group of his pack members. “After we’d given you all our information you just left us,” Ian says, his voice laced with accusation. “I went to the town,” I reply evenly, meeting his gaze. “We found the auction site, but no one there is talking. If Dale sold your daughter, that’s the place he would have done it. But we’ve made no progress. These people don’t break easily.” My words hang heavy in the air, and I wish I had more to give him, something concrete that could lead him to his daughter. “You said you would help!” Ian’s frustration boils over, and his glare pierces through me like a dagger. “I am helping,” I insist, my voice firm but tinged with the weariness of this

