With my wolf hidden, I couldn’t sense the twins, so I had no choice but to trust that they had made it past the entrance and were close, alert to whatever might happen. Playing the role of the captive, I was led—rather roughly—to my true captors. Night blanketed everything around me, except for the front of the barn, dimly lit by a few feeble bulbs and the headlights of the van Tony had left on after getting out. "Here’s the girl," he said. "She’s under the effects of aconite, but being an Alpha, she didn’t lose consciousness. Still, I couldn’t reach her wolf. She’s completely defenseless." Only then did I take a good look at the group responsible for my kidnapping. I scanned each of them carefully while continuing to fake dizziness and fear—though the latter didn’t take much effort to

