Sam POV I finished the border patrol and knew the evening was winding down. I met up with Jack when I returned. “I did not expect to see you until tomorrow some time,” I say chuckling at him. He looks at me with a smirk, “Me either. Turns out her mate likes to be fashionably late to events. Needless to say, things were tense there for a few minutes,” he says with a big smile. “You like to be a shit disturber,” I say to him with a laugh. “Well, I cannot say I did not enjoy the look on the guy’s face. He came in with a hot blonde, he did not need two,” Jack says logically. Shaking my head, I put my hand on his shoulder, “Let’s go in and grab a beer my friend,” I say to him. We walk into the kitchen, which is also winding down. A lot of the staff are cleaning up for the night as the Gala is almost over. Many wolves will continue partying in their rooms, a lot who are mated are likely already in their rooms marking and mating. Deep down I wanted to

Josie POV I was frozen laying here with this thin blanket covering my body. It reminded me too much of being at the Red Pine Pack when I had first arrived and ended up in their dungeons. Sarah had stopped crying hours ago, but she still would not speak to me. Food was brought down for both of us. I did not hear Sarah get up to inspect the food. I did and quickly walked away from the slop on the platter. As I lay there shivering, I plotted my revenge against Tim and his merry band of torturers. I would avenge whatever Sarah had endured and take her with me when I escaped. I just needed an opportunity to escape. I decided to act like I was still affected by the wolfsbane the next time I see Tim. I needed him to be complacent about my strength. He might be calling himself the Rogue King, but I was the true Rogue Queen. If he wanted a fight, he picked the wrong woman to fight with. I knew I was stronger than he was. He might feel powerful

Sam POV As the warriors arrived, they also did not recognize the scent. I now realize it was the scent of the witch that had be drifting over to our territory. I had not scented Lana because she was in the open so briefly and she could have been using her descenter. The warriors continued to search around for a short amount of time before I encouraged them to go. They agreed to keep a closer eye on this area of our territory. I could not help the distrust that rolled across me. I walked further down the bank toward the river, wanting to get a moment to myself. I had to consider the conversation Jack and I had a short time ago. It bothered me that he had been rejected and it played on my mind whether I should give Josie a second chance. I did not want to take lightly what Jack had shared with me. How would I feel if I gave Josie a second chance? How would I feel if I did not give us a chance? I had no answer and until we got her back, I would not be

Sam POV I had still been feeling off since seeing Lana yesterday. I was certain she had done something to me, but I could not put my finger on what it was. It was like the memory of seeing her was becoming distant and my recollections were shifting. Like I am left wondering what was real and what was my imagination. “Are we ready to go, Sam?” Adam asks as he walks toward the black SUVs with Jenna by his side. “Yes, we are - the last of the warriors are loading into the fourth SUV and with you that means we are all here,” I reply. Jenna looks at me with a sour look on her face, “You better bring my sister back to me all in one piece,” she mutters still upset that she would not be joining us. “You know why you cannot come with us,” Adam says to her with a sigh. “Don’t you think I would be safer with all of you, then here on my own?” she says trying to guilt Adam into changing his mind. “You are hardly on your own, Jenna. You have a team of w

Sam POV We had been running in our wolf forms for what seemed like longer than a couple hours. The terrain was rough. I could not imagine them carrying Josie all this way to secure her away from being found. There must be a road access that was not shown on the maps I had researched. We were almost to the location I hoped to find Josie at. I felt more anxious the closer we got to the site. I did not know why. I never faltered when it came to combat. I embraced it and excelled at it. I toyed with the idea of sharing the concern I had about Lana injecting me with something; however, every time I went to share the information with Jack and Adam, I was met with resistance. Like something invisible was holding me back from releasing the words and concerns I had from my conscious mind. I started to wonder if there was not a spell or some type of command that was released when it entered my body. I was getting angrier at the thought of being co