ERIK As soon as we walked into the Greyhounds' land, we immediately scattered: there were forty of us - a perfect number to conduct a search over a large territory without being noticed. Uncle James took charge of directing his group south, while my father and Conrad, who'd joined us, took the east and west; my group and I - three members of the Defense Squad and seven Royal Guards and Crescent Moon warriors - headed west, towards the pack house. To make things easier, Morgana had opened the portal in the precise center of the territory, close to the pack house - so close that I could see its lights in the distance. "Let's go," I said, pointing at it with a nod of my chin and heading toward the house, followed by my group. I strongly doubted that Devon was there; it would have been

