I froze.
Not normal freeze. Not startled freeze. My entire body locked like someone had poured liquid ice down my spine. My wolf slammed forward in the same instant, snapping her teeth at the air behind me, hackles raised so sharply my skin prickled.
Jack was at my back before I even managed to inhale. He moved so close his chest brushed my shoulder blades, warm breath hitting the side of my neck like he was trying to replace the cold that voice left behind.
“Lainey,” he whispered through the link. Stay with me. Look at me. Do not drift.
I could not move.
Because that voice. That whisper. That broken echo.
It was not Aurek.
Beau arrived like a thrown spear, sprinting down the hall with so much force he almost tore a chunk of the railing off when he skidded into place. His snarl ripp
