Chapter 66

Mara's POV

Black Hollow vanished from the founder map, but the road beneath our horses still knew where home was.

We rode hard enough that Lucien stopped making jokes after the first hour. Ilyra came with us. So did Soren, Helena, Gideon, and six Frostmere riders who had volunteered before anyone could order them. Ronan said almost nothing.

The first sign that the lockdown was real came three miles from the northern border. The pack link disappeared.

Ronan jerked in the saddle. "Tamsin?"

No answer. He tried again, this time with the focused look I had learned meant he was reaching for every wolf in his territory at once. Nothing came back.

"The link is gone," he said.

"Gone or blocked?" "Blocked. Grimm is still here. I c