Chapter 108. Coming for Her

Tristan

"How much time do we have?" I asked Orion, my voice cutting through the air, sharper than I meant it to be, but I couldn’t hold back the edge, not with Athena’s faint heartbeat pulsing in my mind.

Orion’s jaw clenched so tight I could see the muscle twitch, his eyes dark and focused, like he was staring straight into a nightmare. “Not much,” he said, and his tone was grim in a way that made my chest tight.

My wolf snarled inside me, clawing at my chest, urging me to move, to run, to tear through anything standing between me and Athena.

Every second we stood here was a second closer to losing her.

And I can't lose her to Daxon, not when he had murdered Jess.

I pushed her thoughts behind for now. Not now.

When I get to my Ath, then I'll do whatever was on my mind.

I was already halfway to the door, my boots slamming against the floor, when Derek stepped in front of me, blocking my path. His eyes were hard, unyiel