Easton
There was something wrong.
I couldn’t explain it.
The feeling had been nagging at me ever since I’d left Samantha on the back porch, but the farther I walked into town, the stronger it became.
It wasn’t the mate bond.
The bond was steady now, a warm pull low in my chest that constantly reminded me Arianna was somewhere nearby.
No…
This was different.
It was instinct.
The same instinct that had kept me alive during rogue attacks, border disputes, and more patrols than I cared to count.
The kind of feeling every warrior learned to trust.
Someone didn’t belong.
“You’re thinking too hard.”
Gavin’s voice broke through my thoughts.
“You smell that?”
He went quiet for a second.
“I smell people.”
“Besides that.”
Another pause.
“…No.”
I frowned.
Normally Gavin noticed sc
