Amanda Tugging Clara by her wrist, we ran through the snow. "Faster," I ordered her. She huffed. Her steps were uneven. She hadn't been cared for very well. She was criminally thin and had the stamina of a baby sloth. "I can't," she wheezed at me. "You can, you have to. You don't know Javier as I do." I looked back in the direction we'd fled from. How long would it be until he checked on us? I was doing all I could to not alert them through our mate bond. Even Ares was distracted by something. "Do you have a plan?" My wolf questioned with a judging sniff. "Once they catch you it won't be a laughing matter. You know what happened to you last time you ran from anyone." She didn't have to remind me. I knew better than anyone what happened to runners. "We can't stay here, you

