Book 5: She Ran Away

Tristan

It seems like Reece and I have been running for hours and finally, the castle is in sight. We’ve been silent the whole time; we don’t have to talk to know that we both have the same thoughts about saving Rose.

I pray to the Goddess that she and our pups are okay.

We both shift back to our human forms as we enter the castle gate, where some servants are always waiting with standard-issue sweatpants. I don’t want to take the time to put them on, but we do it quickly and run down the hallway toward Rose’s room.

But we don’t make it that far before we run into Mark in the hallway. He looks like he’s going somewhere in a hurry, too, and he’s not headed in the direction of Rose’s room.

“Walk with me,” he says quickly, and he’s moving a lot faster than walking, but we keep pace with him. We don’t even have to ask him what’s going on. “Whoever took Rose dragged her through the secret passageway and out the library door,” he says.