Page 53 of Salvation

“You know we’d welcome her,” Soren said, breaking the spell.

He scuffed the asphalt with his boot. Crap. There he went, believing in the impossible again. Even if that happened, fate would find a way to screw things up for him again.

“Listen,” Soren said, then stopped when the phone in his pocket rang. He pulled it out with a scowl and a curt, “Hello?”

Todd thought about continuing his run-walk for the hills, but the look on Soren’s face stopped him.

“Where? When? Are you sure it’s him?” Soren barked.

He watched his cousin’s lips move, wishing he could catch the voice on the other end of the line.

“We’ll be right there,” Soren finished, hanging up. “That was Zack.”

Zack, Twin Moon pack’s best tracker?

Soren’s face was grim. “He found Roy’s trail. He needs you to confirm if that’s the wolf who jumped Sarah and Anna last week.” He motioned Todd back to the saloon.

Todd nearly let his claws out again. If this Roy guy turned out to be the one who’d threatened Anna last week, he’d kill him, no questions asked.

He caught up with Soren, whose brow was heavily furrowed. “Christ. If it wasn’t Roy, we have a problem. We still don’t know who the rogue was.”

Todd sniffed the air, suddenly glad Simon had gone after Anna. If that rogue was still in the area, he didn’t want Anna out there on her own.

“But, shit,” Soren went on. “If it was Roy, we have a problem, too. The wolves of Twin Moon Ranch won’t like us hunting down one of their own.”

Not even a rogue who ambushes our women in the woods?he wanted to protest.

A police car pulled up at the end of the alley, and the man driving it looked equally grim. It was Kyle, a Twin Moon wolf who was also a state cop.

“Get in,” he said, nodding them into the back. “I’ll take you to the spot where Zack picked up the trail. You think you can tell is if it’s a match with the wolf who stalked Sarah on that hike?”

Todd’s bear growled.The wolf who stalked Anna on that hike.

“If it’s the same wolf, I’ll know.”

Soren motioned Kyle back onto the road. “Let’s go track this bastard. Now.”

Chapter Fourteen

Anna sped down the main road out of town, as angry with herself as she was with the situation. God, she hadn’t overreacted, had she?

She sat straighter in the driver’s seat and dug her nails into the soft leather of the steering wheel. Okay, she’d definitely overreacted back there. Todd looked so hurt, so lost. Maybe she should have stayed.

But he’d hurt her, damn it. Did he expect her to sit and nod and say okay?

Her phone vibrated in her pocket, and she dug it out quickly, hoping it might be Todd.

The caller’s number was hidden so she clicked on the incoming text, switching her focus from the road to the phone and back again.

Car broke down. Can you come pick me up? — Janna.

Janna? Hadn’t she left the café earlier for an afternoon out with Cole?

Apparently, she had, and that beaten-up little Ford had died on her again.

Another text beeped through, and the red light she reached lasted just long enough to let her read.

Arizona Road 9257,it said.Mile marker 11.

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