Damien’s POV After hanging up the phone, the others had already gone into the movie theater. Hoping Jake was still alert to his phone, I texted him, Need to speak with you about Amelia’s security ASAP. To my relief, his response came back right away, On my way. A moment later, he walked out of the theater with a serious expression on his face and walked straight toward me. He waved a few of his own guard closer. When they were nearer to me, he asked me, “What’s going on?” In a perfect world, I could have handled Amelia’s security on my own, not alerting anyone else to my failures. But this wasn’t a perfect world, and I couldn’t just ignore my failures, not if they meant Amelia would be in danger. We were in Jake’s pack, so security was primarily his responsibility. That meant I needed

