I wasn't able to leave as I stood somewhere else to watch her. I knew Gabriel was going to go back to look for her, but I never expected that he was going to take her away from home. I was following them earlier until we got into the forest, and I lost my way. However, I still managed myself in order to find them.

I followed their scent trail through the forest, careful, silent. The air smelled of wet leaves and smoke, the trace of Carlota unmistakable. My wolf throbbed under my skin, claws ...