They all hopped into the truck with Marco in the bed under the cover and Lyle driving. Lyle maneuvered the truck onto the highway and Anna opened the window and let the wind blow through her hair. Amaris was in the middle next to Lyle. She felt awkward next to him. The pull to be near him and touch him was making her crazy. She was still not sure what to think about all this. She had no doubt that she was attracted to him. He was a good man. He clearly cared for her. How many men watched from the side lines for 4 years keeping you safe, and never said a word. She still felt bad for hurting him. She never meant to hurt him with her being unsure about how this whole mate thing works. He had to know that all this was a shock to her. The three of them all sat quiet lost in their own thoughts. They drove for another half hour before Anna fell asleep again. “How are you holding up?” Amaris jumped as she heard it directly in her mind and it startled her out of her own thoughts. Lyle looked o

“NOOOOO!!!” There was a desperate pained scream from upstairs somewhere. Horis knew that she was gone. A huge crash was heard from the other side of the fireplace and Marco left the room to investigate, keeping low as he went. A few moments later he came in half carrying Horis. His arm was clearly broken. Marco grabbed the kitchen towels that were hanging on the front of the stove handle and then opened a drawer and pulled out two long handled wooden spoons. “This is going to hurt old friend.” Horis did not seem to hear him. His eyes were locked on the body of his mate laying on the floor. Lyle had taken off his sweatshirt and covered her face with it. As Marco moved back toward Horis there was another crash. The door to the microwave smashed as another bullet came through and hit it just over Marco’s head. The sound and explosion of glass seemed to bring Horis to his senses and he reached into his pocket. He pulled out the same remote that Amaris had seen him use before for the photo

The four wolves headed toward the creek. They were now able to hear others moving in the woods. Whether they were wolf or man Amaris was not able to determine, but at least she could hear them now. Once they reached the creek, they turned and followed it toward the park area where Horis had told them that they would be able to find the camper to get away. They reached the edge of the park and decided to change back to their human forms so it would be easier to blend in. The girls changed back first and got dressed and then the guys. They all walked as a group up to the parking lot. One look told them that it was full of campers. A popular tourist destination, there were many people there that traveled by RV. “What do we do now?” Anna asked looking deflated. Marco pulled the keys out of his pocket and looked at them. He quickly took one of the keys off the key ring and handed it to Lyle. “We split up. Anna your with me and Amaris your with Lyle, that way none of us looks suspicious.

It was a huge, shiny, white, plane with black and gold stripes and lots of windows. It had two huge engines mounted on the tail. A man and a woman walked across the tarmac toward the RV. The man was burly with a beard and was dressed causally in a flannel shirt and jeans. The woman walking beside him was dressed in a crisp white blouse and black pants with her hair pulled back into a neat chignon. The two looked like a pair of opposites. Marco walked to the side door of the RV and exited followed closely by Anna and then Lyle. Amaris went out last. The pilot and Marco embraced, and then he introduced his co-pilot to Marco. She was stunningly beautiful. She watched intently as Anna and Lyle walked up toward her. Amaris was following directly behind Lyle. The co-pilot watched Anna very closely. “Lewis and Lynn this is Anna and Lyle, and behind Lyle is Amaris. This is my old army buddy, Lewis and his co-pilot Lynn. They are going to take us to Ageli Lykon.” As soon as Marco said her name

. “How did you do that? Did you know that you could do that?” Lyle asked turning her to face him. The answer must have been on Amaris’ face, because Marco spoke up first. “I think the question is do you know how you did that? That is the first time you healed someone isn’t it?” He ducked his head to meet Amaris’ eyes that were looking at the ground while she searched her mind to remember what she had done. A voice broke through in her head. “Mari, are you alright? That was amazing!! How did you do that? Another new power, do you have any others?” It was Anna’s voice in her head. It snapped her out of her stupor. Amaris shook her head. “No. I’ve never done that before. I am not even sure how I did it. It seemed like I just thought about it and then did it. I don’t even know if I could do that again.” Amaris looked around at the other three who were all staring at her. Lewis poked his head around the corner, pulling one of his earphones off his ear in the process. "Hey, is Marco going