Chapter 51. Into the Past (1)

Damon’s POV

Ten years ago…

“Alpha! What are you doing out of bed?!” Jason Claw, my most trusted companion came with heavy pants through the woodland, midnight drizzle still clinging to his damp hair. An army of wolves thundered behind him, fighters I had handed over to his command.

When he stopped before me, a hand lifted to motion for the others to stay put a few steps behind. He bowed briefly then faced me, the grim look on his face telling me all I needed to know even before he opened his mouth.

I slumped against the wall, clutching my aching chest. “There’s no sign of her near the borders, is there?”

From the moment she disappeared, pain had been all I knew… pain that seemed to crush the very bones under my skin over and over and over again. And now, I was dizzy with worry, fraught with so much anxiety that my hands wouldn’t stop quaking.

For what felt like a nightmare replayed a thousand times, I’d been searching for her, my mate. An u