GIDEON
I had been in a meeting with another Pack when Kael burst through the door.
One look at his face and I was on my feet.
“She went to Ashford territory,” he said without preamble. “Alone.”
The world tilted.
“When?”
“Twenty minutes ago. One of our contacts at the border saw her car pass through.”
I was moving before he finished speaking, my wolf already surging forward with murderous intent.
She had gone alone. After I specifically told her not to. After I had offered to go with her. After I sat in her apartment at one in the morning then told her that Jaxon Ashford was dangerous in the particular way of someone who had nothing left to lose.
She had gone anyway.
The rational part of my mind understood it. Understood the need for closure, for answers, for looking someone in t
