RYKER’S POV

The ride back to the pack was quiet; my men were on the alert as we left the outlands. We could have stayed behind, but I didn’t want to spend an extra day in the outlands. I had said goodbye to the other Alphas. Some had decided to stay back till dawn, while others decided to leave as I did.

Rider had been leaping in my head with excitement. I had asked him to spill the reason for his excitement, but he said he couldn’t place it. Whatever it was, he could feel it in our wolf ...