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“Mm,” Gideon mutters sagely. “Which means, if my instincts are right, we’ll need to move fast if we’re going to deal with Clyde. Probably not a good idea to stay in this warehouse, either. This isn’t the only tunnel to get in and out of Haven North, but I wouldn’t be surprised if someone starts looking around when they realize the girls didn’t come through the front gate.”
“Right,” Caleb admits.
“Are we talking again, brother?” Gideon asks. “I wasn’t sure… after earlier.”
“Calla and I talked. There’s a lot we need to share,” Caleb growls. “For now, let’s leave some marks and a trail for the others to follow. Jace and Knox will have her scent, but Vance still doesn’t.”
“Where are we going?” I ask.
“Clyde’s apartment,” Gideon chuckles. “Then we’re getting the hell out of Haven North.”
Caleb looks at me, and I can see it in his eyes. I can get revenge on Clyde. I can’t save Haven North. I wouldn’t even know where to start. It’s one… dead body, and it may not even help. It’s personal vengeance and nothing more.
“We don’t have to,” I say, shaking my head. “It’s not worth it. I shouldn’t have dragged you in here.”
“You didn’t drag us,” Gideon says. “We decided as a pack. What the hell has Caleb been telling you?”
“How big the world is. What things are really like in Haven North.” I shrug my shoulders. “And I told him some things I should have told everyone—before tonight.”
“I’m not going to like this, am I?” Gideon growls, narrowing his eyes as he looks at the marks on my body. “But I guess you already got punished for it.”
Then a howl echoes in the night air, and both brothers tense up.
“It’s Vance. Trouble!” Gideon says. “Stay with Calla.”
Gideon shifts and spins in a golden flash before Caleb can object. Caleb’s face twitches and he shakes his head. “Fuck!” he yells.
“I’m sorry,” I whisper, my heart skipping more than one beat. “This is my fault.”
“Get dressed,” Caleb says, motioning to my clothes.
“Okay, why?” I hurry over and start sliding them on.
“I’m not staying here, and I’m not leaving you behind,” he growls. “I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I guess that means you’re going to have to ride me.”
I stop in my tracks and my mouth falls open in shock.
Ride him?
CHAPTER 23
Gideon
Every muscle is coiled and ready as I launch myself into the streets of Haven North.
We said we wouldn’t use our wolves unless there was trouble. Vance’s howl means he’s run into something that requires our assistance. But I’m not sure what kind of trouble he could run into in Haven North that he couldn’t easily handle.
The streets aren’t paved near the warehouse, but once I make it to the main part of the city, I have pavement below my paws. It’s been a long time since I’ve run on pavement. The texture gives me a slightly better grip, so I speed up, and I see Jace approaching from my right.
“Any idea what is going on?”Jace asks across our mental link.
“Not yet,”I reply.“I was able to locate Clyde, but now Calla has changed her mind. Caleb got in her head.”
“Great,”Jace answers.“Just what we need. Another one brooding over the mistakes we made in the past. This time, it’s our mate instead of our brother.”
“I didn’t like the idea of coming in here to begin with,”I growl.“But I thought Calla needed it. Happy wife, happy life. Wasn’t that the old saying Dad had on the wall in his office?”
“Last person I want to take advice from,” Jace says, matching my turn as we round the corner.“He wasn’t much of a husband. Besides, Calla is our mate, not our wife.”
