IRENE By the time the guards came, Karson had fallen unconscious again. They handed me a dress and I threw it over my head as they took him from me. My heart gnawed and skin crawled to stay close to him, but I let them take him. My shoulders slumped defeated. Raphael came around, still in his wolf form and he offered me a ride. The silence as we rode back to the house plagued my mind. I kept glancing at Karson's unconscious body in the car. “Where's Lexie?” I asked, looking around. Not like I cared for her, but she had stepped out with him. If I found him in this shape, then she must be in one far worse. ‘The others are searching for her as we speak,’ Ralph assured me and I nodded, going mute again. I could feel his hesitation, he had questions- anyone would if they saw the girl they

