Sloane I jolt up in bed. ‘Aisling, what’s wrong?’ I ask, knowing only Aisling could have pulled me out of my sleep that quickly. ‘Someone was in our room.’ ‘Who?’ ‘I don’t know. They smell … familiar, but not familiar.’ I have no idea what that means. I look around the room, using Aisling’s heightened senses to listen for any sound or see any movement. The door to my bedroom is open. I get up and walk to the door, looking down the hallway, Then I smell it, him. Aisling’s right. His scent is familiar but not. ‘He’s not part of this pack. He’s an intruder,’ she says. I lift my head and howl that we have an intruder before taking off down the stairs and following his scent. “Sloane!” I hear Grandpa Waylon shout from the Alpha floor, but I ignore him. Aisling is on the hunt. Just as

