CALIFF Things just went out of hand. I couldn't believe a sheriff knew that our kind existed. I was still figuring out how he found out, but I hadn't been able to contact Alpha Knight and check out if Sheriff Carter was telling the truth. It was five in the morning when I woke up to an empty bed. It was unusual for Shadow to wake up ahead of me. Since we mated, we cuddled, kissed, and did a round of fantastic s*x before we got up from bed. I also couldn't reach out to her. I stretched out and got up from bed. The bathroom was empty. I tried reaching out to our link, but I had no luck. "Zack?" "Alpha, what's wrong?" He looked like he just woke up, too. "So the answer is no." "Wait. What's no?" "Never mind. Go back to sleep." I changed into sweatpants and a ho

