Sophie froze mid step.
I had seen Sophie calm through literal explosions, so the way her entire aura pulled tight made every muscle in my body tense. She pressed her hand to the wall like she was listening through it.
“Something hit the wards,” she whispered.
Before Jack or Beau could ask what she meant, the packhouse lights flickered overhead. Not once. Several times. Fast. Sharp. Like a pulse.
My stomach dropped.
Then it hit me.
A violent yank inside my mind, like someone grabbed my thoughts and tried to drag them sideways. I swayed. My wolf snarled inside my head, slamming herself against the pull.
I gripped my temples and hissed, “If he keeps this up, I am shaving his eyebrows.”
Jack grabbed my elbow. “Lainey. Talk to us.”
“It was him,” I said through clenched teeth. “Aurek. H
