TEDDY
It had to, because the truth was finally catching up to us, and there wasn’t enough room left for half-measures.
I looked to Beast, then Theo, then Wolf.
“Hunters aren’t stupid,” I said. “They don’t roll into shifter territory blind. We don’t know how many will return; it was just the one scent today, but as we know, they tend to group and multiply rapidly.”
My voice dropped lower.
“And if they know enough to come for her now—then they’ll be back.”
Ratchet’s jaw ticked as he sat there with his arms crossed. He was angry. I have known him long enough to notice the tells.
“Why are they after Caramel?” Ratchet was the first to break the brothers' silence. Several heads nodded, and murmurs followed his question.
This was what they were waiting for.
“Caramel’s real name is Carmen
