Arianna
For several seconds, nobody said anything.
The words from Christine’s note sat between us like something alive.
You were never lost. We were only waiting to see where you would lead us.
I hated them.
Not because they threatened me.
Because they made me question every choice I had made since I arrived in Gold Pack.
My job.
My apartment.
Jenna.
The festival.
Easton.
I looked at him and immediately hated myself for letting the thought go that far.
No.
Not Easton.
The mate bond had been real from the second our hands touched. No one had manufactured that.
But everything leading me to him?
That suddenly felt less certain.
“We need Christine.”
My voice sounded calmer than I felt.
Braxton nodded.
“We’ll find her.”
“That’s not enough.”
I turned toward him.
“I need t
