I nuzzled my father gently, hoping to rouse him, but he didn’t respond. His silence was more haunting than any scream. Panic surged through me as I turned to the other wolves, desperate for answers.
“They took Alison,” one of them howled, his voice raw with grief. The earth seemed to shift beneath me, a tremor that started in my soul and radiated outward. My legs felt weak, and my wolf let out a low, mournful howl that echoed the despair around me.
“Shift back now, Elsa!” Lucas’s voice thundered through my mind, the weight of his Alpha authority pressing down on me. His golden eyes were wide with fear, and I knew he wasn’t ordering me out of anger—he was terrified for me. I couldn’t resist his command, not in his Alpha tone, and my body obeyed before my mind could protest. I shifted bac
