Book 5: They've Taken Her

Barbara

I feel my heart thumping in panic when I see the wolves headed toward me. ‘This is it,’ I think. ‘I’m finished.’

I drop the Breeder with a light thump and look around, trying to assess my best route of escape. The wolves are headed toward me in a close group, so it’s possible I can sneak off to the side and make a run for it into the forest.

Looking back at the wolves, none of them seem especially fast, and they’re clearly not tough Alphas or Betas, so it’s possible I can take them. Of course, I’ve spent a lot of time in that dungeon with barely any food and no physical exercise, so I may not be in top shape right now.

I’m just about to make my final fight-or-flight decision when a voice comes into my head.

‘My crew is approaching you,’ says Kane in the mind-link. ‘They’re telling me you’re in sight.’

‘Well, you could have fucking told me that earlier before I had a heart attack!’ I say. At least I hadn’t run away like an