ELIAS CARTER POV

“He what?!”

The roar ripped out of me before I could stop it. Every head in the war room dropped.

Rowan, my Beta, flinched but didn’t back down. “He took her, Alpha. Adrian Holt crossed the border himself. Our scouts saw him carrying her toward Ironclaw territory.”

I stared at him. The words barely made sense.

“And you’re sure?”

“Yes.”

The room filled with the smell of fear and smoke. The torches burned low, throwing light across the cracked map ...