Chapter 37

Silence settled in the moment they heard another deadly growl come out of the cave. Her voice blared with a warning from each growl, the sound gaining their attention.

Rygan walks into the cave in his wolf form, the sound of his pawed footsteps as silent as the night. He could see the hesitation and tension in the air as he walked deeper into the cave.

He was desperate to see her; his yearning for her from the past day made him mad with regret and longing for her. He had not had a wink of sleep ever since she was taken, and he wouldn’t rest until he saw her.

As he got closer and her scent became stronger in the air, he became alert in the darkness. Knowing one wrong move could unleash Elise’s feral wolf on him at any moment.

His wolf’s eyes immediately adjusted to the darkness as he saw the crouched wolf staring at him. Elise, he called, but she growled at him instead. With her head bent low and a snarl as she backed away.

His heart broke the moment he