“We’ve found what they were looking for. An Alpha blood.”
My heart stopped.
Derek.
They were talking about my son.
I turned toward Lydia. She had heard it too. Mara stood behind us, her face pale.
“They know,” Lydia whispered.
“Not everything,” I said. “They know he carries Alpha blood. They don’t know whose blood it is.”
Soren and the others started walking back toward the shelter.
“We need to move,” Lydia said.
“Now.”
Mara immediately went to our sleeping area and began gathering Derek’s clothes, blankets, food, and the few things we owned.
I held Derek tightly against my chest.
Lydia grabbed her knife. “Malia, if they try to take him, don’t wait for me, keep going.”
The footsteps came closer. I looked through the opening. Five shadows moved between the trees.
“They’re com
