Julian POV
"You will track her to the very edge of the continent if you must, Ethan."
I gripped the edge of the steel hospital desk. The metal groaned under my palm. Across the room, Hazel lay motionless under the glare of the heart monitor. Her breaths were shallow, rattling behind the plastic mask.
Ethan bowed his head. "The scouts are already at the border, Alpha. We are checking every vehicle."
"Do not just check them. Tear them apart. If she is hiding in a boot, drag her out by her—"
A white-hot blade pierced the center of my chest.
I choked. The air turned to ash in my throat. My knees hit the linoleum floor with a loud crack. The room tilted sideways. It was not a physical strike. It was a violent, tearing rip inside my very soul. A hollow, freezing vacuum expanded where my in
