CARSON “Demetria!” Carson shouted as he entered the Den. He couldn’t fathom where she would have gone. “She’s probably out looking for the boy,” he said, more to himself than to the comrades who had followed him into the empty house. None but Jed and Max would even look him in the eye since Carson had decided to exact the punishment he felt fit the boy’s crime. The boy had told his human girlfriend what they were. This was a traitorous offense, even without his alliance with the vampire and traitorous Beta. Because of this boy’s carelessness, humans could be coming for his pack, even now. Death was the only worthy punishment of so many significant misdeeds. “This is madness. Punishment without a pack vote is not our way,” Carson heard Kip whisper to Ben, who shushed him. Carson felt hi

