NEVA POV
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Mitch had the escaped vehicle's plate cross-referenced within the hour, and the compound moved into full pursuit mode with the specific coordinated speed this family had perfected across every previous manhunt this story had demanded.
"They're heading north," Daven reported, working alongside Mitch with the fluid partnership decades of intelligence work had built between them. "Fast, erratic. Whatever plan they had, losing the boy has clearly thrown it off."
"Erratic means dangerous," Ryke said, Ren finally settled in Bekah's careful care while he coordinated the response. "People who lose control of their plan sometimes escalate rather than retreat."
I felt my wolf running cold calculations alongside every word.
*They know we have Aldric now,* she said. *They know he ca
