Neither Nathan nor Sophia was particularly thrilled with me when I declared their race a draw. Not only had I not been able to be there to see who got to the door that was chosen as the finish line, but neither was willing to rely on what Erik had observed. Part of me thought they’d rather call it a draw just as an excuse to race again later. Once we got Erik down to the secure wing, our betas split off from us to be seen taking care of our normal evening tasks for us. If all four of us seemed to be unreachable for too long people tended to take notice, but if just Dmitri and I were absent while our betas filled in for us, people assumed we were tearing each other’s clothes off. Kalliope wasn’t surprised to see me, not after Dr Martinez and Xandikos told her that I’d made of habit of visiting her daily while she was in her coma. She didn’t even seem all that surprised to see Dmitri there with me. But she couldn’t disguise the shock and c

                “Sophie! If you don’t stop pacing like that and sit down for a bit you’re going to drive me crazy,” Nathan growled for the fourth or fifth time, it was getting harder to keep count as I struggled to keep myself from wolfing out.                “I should’ve gone with them,” I hissed at him, tired of him trying to convince me to calm down. “They should’ve taken both of us with them to make sure that nothing went wrong.”                He heaved a heavy sigh and pinched the bridge of his nose as he knocked back another glass of whiskey, “I’m not going to argue that they should’ve brought more muscle with them, but I also agreed with your brother that we sho

                I couldn’t decide what was more unbelievable, Sophie glaring at me like I was the enemy, the fact that she was claiming a mate, or that her mate was the body lying in the bed. I took a step back, so that I was standing in the doorway instead of the room and held up my hands, “I’ll just give you a minute to process and be right here when you’re ready.”                Her face flashed through a myriad of emotions before it smoothed back into her normal calm expression with a tinge of red coloring her cheeks, “I’m sorry.” She wrung her hands nervously, “I didn’t mean… I don’t know… I…”                I laughed softly, “Take your time. I

                I didn’t know how much longer I could take being locked in my own mind with an anxious wolf pacing around as if she was hunting for prey. She refused to say anything this whole time, waiting for the opportunity to pounce on someone. I almost felt sorry for Nathan, but the asshole had drugged me for no good reason.                The numb sensation in my skin started to fade as the comforting sensation of fingers stroking my hair and face started to draw me out of the dark, away from Bo’s pacing and prowling. My eyes didn’t seem to want to focus when I tried to open them. Panic struck me as I realized where I was.                Selene was standing over me, in the little cell, and it was her fingers I had felt whe

                “Right, we’re leaving now,” the larger, more imposing man grunted from the driver seat as he threw the vehicle into drive and pulled away from the curb before Erik had pulled the door closed.                “Dmitri, she hasn’t snapped out of it yet,” the darker man beside me growled.                “All the more reason to get her the hell out of here!” the driver snarled back, increasing his speed.                There was an almost oppressive silence in the car as we zoomed through the city streets. I couldn’t see much in the dark, but Erik looked relieved, the man on the other side of me looked