XANDER
The rest of the night was f*****g chaos. I couldn’t breathe without feeling Millicent’s absence pressing down on my ribs like a vice.
The courtyard reeked her scent tangled with others. The air heavy with the copper tang of blood and there were claw marks on the stone. My wolf wouldn’t calm the f**k down, clawing under my skin, pacing in my head, demanding I tear the whole school apart brick by brick until I had her in my arms again.
We’d found her text too late and after that, nothing. I'd called her over a hundred times by now even though I'd found her phone on the grass.
The headmaster tried to convince us it was just the usual Silverfang Academy pranksters and she would be back by Dawn. But by Dawn, her dorm was empty. Her bed untouched.
And the scent trail ended too damn
