Chapter 28: The Pup

(Three Weeks Later)

(Xander POV)

It has been surprisingly quiet at Blue Ridge since we got back from the conference. Eerily quiet, to be honest.

Leo Bloodstone warned me that things would get worse around here, but he has not been around. His father has not been around either.

Leo is not the type to make empty threats, so I knew immediately that something was amiss.

I was originally worried that Leo wasn’t here because he either found Piper or had a lead on where she was. In fact, when I sobered up after the confrontation in the bar —and realized that Piper and Leo had been within mere miles of one another— I went into panic mode. That panic reached a fever pitch when Alpha Aiden let it slip that Wildwood was Leo’s aunt’s pack.

Thankfully, however, I heard some of Leo’s guards talking several days later. From what I was able to piece together from their conversation, after our confrontation at the bar, Leo received a phone call from his ex, Ingrid. She told Leo that their son h