Chapter 24

Kade

By morning, we had more names.

Not enough answers.

Tiernan stood at the end of the conference table with both hands braced against the wood while Cole sorted through the reports that had come in overnight.

Ryan sat across from Liam, a map of Moonhaven spread between them.

I hadn’t slept.

Every time I closed my eyes, I heard Abby in Liam’s kitchen.

You didn’t want me when I was just Abby.

I had told her the truth.

I loved her.

I should have understood that long before nearly losing her made it impossible to ignore.

Whether she believed me was another matter.

Cole pushed a page toward the center of the table.

“North Creek confirmed theirs.”

Liam looked up. “The missing girl?”

“Seventeen. Shifted less than two months before she disappeared.”

My hand tightened around the coffee mug.

“Wolf?”

“Nearly white.”

Ryan muttered a curse.

“Anything unusual abo