He took her

Arabella's POV

"Emery!"

She shouldn't have been here. She should have been far far away. I shook her awake but she remained passed out on the ground. I needed to take her in and call Luciano. Then– I smelt wolves approaching. I could smell three of them.

They could have been the perimeter guards that Luciano had told me about. But looking at Emery's prone body in front of me, I had my doubts.

I pulled Emery into the house and locked the door. I backed away and picked up my phone.

I had to inform Luciano. I called him. It rang but he didn't pick up the call. I tried it again with the same result. Someone pounded on the door and I jumped.

The door would hold. It would– I saw an indent of a fist in the iron. I took my phone and ran for the side exit in the kitchen. There were only three. I could leave out back before they rounded up to the sides.

It was possible they didn't know about that exit. I needed to leave now.

I ran to the dining area and the kitchen. I pushed open the doo