Xaviers POV

The crushing disappointment from the false lead weighed heavily on all of us. The girl we had found in the woods wasnt Mia. She looked similar, but her wolf made it clear there was no bond, no connection. We had been fooled by our own desperation.

I couldnt stop replaying the moment in my mindthe fleeting hope that we had finally found her, only to have it ripped away. We returned to the pack with heavier hearts, the silence between us louder than ...