“Start talking, Lenore,” I warned, my voice low and threatening. “Because I can drag this out for as long as it takes, and I promise you won’t like how I do it.”
She inhaled deeply, her shoulders shaking, and leaned her back against the cold brick wall behind her.
“I went to the Crystal River Pack,” she began, voice trembling but audible. “I was trying to surprise you. I didn’t know you’d already left. And that’s when I met Alpha Thorne. He was the one who told me everything—that you’d taken his daughter away.”
I clenched my jaw, but said nothing.
“He ordered me to bring her back to him,” Lenore continued. “And if I couldn’t manage that… then I had to kill her. I had to make sure she didn’t make it past tomorrow.”
“Why tomorrow?” I demanded, frowning. The timing didn’t make sense.
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