Ethan was moving before the horn's echo had even fully faded, barking orders to the assembled trackers with the kind of authority that left no room for hesitation. "Signal Marcus. Get his team back to the estate immediately. We need every available fighter converging on the house within the next ten minutes."
"What about them?" one of the trackers asked, gesturing toward Susan and Selena.
"Susan stays with me," Lily said firmly, refusing to be separated from her mother again after everything that had already happened tonight. "She's not safe anywhere else, and I'm not leaving her side."
Ethan didn't argue, though the tightness around his eyes made clear how much the decision cost him. "Then we move together. Selena, if you're serious about warning us instead of leading us into a trap, y
