Gaian and I made it back to the pack house in record time, heading onto the property only a few hours after I had chatted with Calder. He’d refused to tell me what had happened over the mind link. Darius and Thayer stayed behind to wait for the other Paragons to gather their belongings and lead them back to the pack house, but I couldn’t wait any longer. Calder and Dad might’ve been in trouble.
When I leaped onto the back porch, I snapped open the door to a quiet home. It was almost too quiet, too eerily quiet for both Calder and Dad to be here. I stepped into the living room and released Gaian’s hand.
“Calder?” I shouted. “Dad?”
“I’m in here,” Calder said, walking out of his bedroom.
My eyes widened, and I rushed up the stairs toward his room. “You’re healed!”
“Yes, I’m—”
Before he
