The Hunted Wolf – Chapter 37

My heart raced as I went over every possibility of what was happening. Jori’s plea for friendship was all a lie. I was so naive, and I was furious with myself. But why would he bother to plead for friendship if he was just going to turn around and ambush the pack house. It made no sense.

“Come with me quietly, and we won’t have any issues,” Jori said, reaching down to grab my wrist.

Mark! Help! I linked, desperate for his help.

y think I’m just going to go with you quietly?”

ori growled. “I warned you not to do anything I’ll make you regret.” He l

second.”

ok around. No one is coming to help you.”

d you do to everyone?”

but this time the darkness completely overtook his eyes, staying there.

e type to save his former best friend, even though there was bad blood between them.

towards me. “I’m Jori, of course.”

ng to keep as much distance between us as possible.

was worried Mark was hurt. Even if he was asleep, he should still be able to feel our mate bond.

know Jori, though? You’ve known him for what, a few months? How do you know what Jori, what I would really do?” His stride quickened in pace.

cting the pack behind it. The attack hit his shoulder, which threw him off for a moment, but he still approached me.

wing me, making my heart race faster. I wasn’t going to just give up, even if he was stronger than me.

nse.

front of me, hitting my face with the back of his hand with such a force it knocked me to the ground.

said. He crouched down next to me.

the sky and saw the moon shining down on me, as if it was casting a protective light over me. I took a deep breath, searching deep inside of me.

rowing weak.

he sleep trying to take over.

d on my chin and held it for a moment. “Al

ssible.

st time, hoping I would get t

a new voice said.

have her, don’t I?”

r.”

isted.”

this. Cain was working with Jori.

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MARK

blanket on me, and I could smell Adira on it. She must have put it on me after I fell asleep.

e awake, but maybe I needed the extra sleep.

er.

?

e you okay,

little as I stood, and I had to use the chair to steady myself. After a moment, I made my way out of the room. Everything was strangely quiet. Ever since Pack Lyna started staying with us, the house was never quiet, except

w the living room. Furniture was broken and scattered everywhere. A fight had clearly gone down here, but why wasn’t I woken up? Everyone knew to contact the alpha if anything as serious as a fight happened, and broken furniture indicated a large fight. My heart raced as I searched everywhere for someone, but there seemed to be no one downstairs.

ent as I went. I paused when I saw Darian face down in the dirt behind the pack house. He was in charge of the night patrol last night. Something seriously went wrong.

st was heaving up and down, so I knew he was still alive. I shook him

. “Why is the sun so damn bright?”

I asked, helping him sit up.

d. “I was making my rounds around the pack house. I heard a noise, so I went to inve

rabbed Darian’s hand and pulled him to his feet. “I can’t find anyone in the pack house.

rted processing everything that was going

person I found,” I said. “I tried linki

night?”

before she came to bed, and she wasn’t there when I woke up.”

n grabbed my arm, giving me a reassuring squeeze. “She’s around here somewhere. We’ll find her. We’ll find everyone.”

I hoped the others were okay, and I hoped we would find Adira soon.

et’s go find everyone.”

Darian, confused with a major headache. Once we filled them in on the situation, they added to the search.

grew.

ok for Zayla. I went to her office first to see if she had passed out there. When I opened the door, I saw Zayla drawing blood from her arm. She didn’t bother

worry, Alpha. I will figure out what this drug is that was used on us,” Zayla said. S

course.” I rolled up my sleeve and walked over to her. I sat in the patient’s seat and held my arm out to her.

g ingested. That would have been too inconsistent. Perhaps a gas. Do you know if anyone was unaffected?”

e come across was affected

tly in the eyes. “She’s still alive.”

dira. We were still finding pack members. But it was hard not to jump to the worst-case scenario. “You don’t know that.”

ed.

’s alive? We still don’t know where she is.” This thought scared me more than anything. Several people were after Adira, and if they had taken her, I didn’t know if she was hurt or scared or even alive.

ise.

mething about saying it out loud that made it too real for me.

come quick. We found blood.”