Lyra POV “How much longer?” My legs burned with exertion from hiking for the last couple of hours. I was excited to stretch my legs, but I hated not knowing where we were going. And Ronan insisted we had to stay in human form. Ever since the perimeter breach, more of the contingent have been stationed along our borders, with a team even leaving the boundaries with special permission in order to hunt for vampires. Xavier swore that no one could figure out how they got through. Ronan insisted on checking out the border, and with everything that had happened, I didn’t want him to go by himself. Damn Alpha instinct. I had tried to resist the need, but my wolf didn’t stop howling until I offered to come along. It was hard for me to leave the pack after everything that had happened, but Xav

