Xavier's POV
I was two miles from the pack house when my phone rang again. Elder Thomas.
"Xavier, stop running. Don't come back yet."
My wolf stumbled mid-stride. "What? Why? Is Thelma…"
"Thelma is stable. The antidote is working. But Xavier, we have a problem. A big one." His voice dropped to barely a whisper. "James is gone."
I shifted back to human form, my chest heaving. "What do you mean, gone?"
"He left the healing center twenty minutes ago. Said he needed to check the perimeter. But Xavier... I just reviewed the security footage from the past week. James has been meeting with someone. Someone who matches the description of that third woman from the photograph."
The world tilted. "That's impossible. James has been my Beta since we were teenagers. He's been loyal…"
"I'm sendin
