NIKOLAI The warriors continued to battle the terrible conditions well after Tyce and I had given up, working late into the night. But, in the end, they had no better luck than we had. Any scent of a werewolf that may have existed at some point was wiped away by the storm. Sophia was gone, vanished along with her scent. “You look like s**t,” Tyce remarked the moment I stepped into his office the next morning. I dropped into the chair across from him with a heavy sigh. “I haven’t slept in two nights.” Tyce lifted his head, finally making eye contact. His sharp gaze flickered over me. After a long pause, he leaned back and folded his arms across his chest. "You really do care about her, don’t you?" I nodded in confirmation. Silence settled between us as we both sank into our chairs. Tyc

