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"I used too much of my strength when I helped put out the fire at Pack

Yellowstone's house last night... Not to mention I had to find someone who ran away all night without telling me," Balthazar said in a low, half growling voice and then preceded us into the hotel lobby.

Vincent turned his flabbergasted expression to me then whispered beside me as we both started walking in following Balthazar. "What happened to him?"

I shrugged my shoulders briefly.

"Have you heard from Alex?" I asked after a while.

My uncle didn't answer my question right away. His expression turned somber before he finally turned to face me. "Right now Alex is being held in the territory of the Silver Moon Pack."

My feet stopped right in the middle of the hotel lobby which was quite quiet. Vincent also stopped walking while looking at me with his gray eyes that looked a little guilty.

"Caroline—"

"Since when..." I muttered with a sudden lump in my throat. I clenched my fists tightly at my sides until my fingernai