Chapter 71

“Are you out of your mind?” Aren stood after asking.

“You heard him, they have Aria.” Cole lost his calm and Aren noticed it.

“Excuse us,” He told the guard and went and stood directly in front of his friend. “Don’t be stupid about this. You know this shit could be a trap. We’re going to take as much time as we need before deciding to honour this invitation.”

“Aren,” Cole inhaled. “For all I know, she’s being put through torture. You know they never hold back when it’s a member of our pack.”

“And that’s exactly why you don’t walk into their territory blind,” Aren snapped back. “This is bait. You fucking know it.”

Cole laughed once, a short and humourless laughter. “They already have the bait.”

Aren stepped closer, lowering his voice. “Cole. Listen to me. You go charging in there now and you won’t come back with Aria; you’ll come back in pieces, if at all you do. They would surely throw all they have at you. We fucking killed not one, two, Cole. We