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comprehend everything he was doing.
    “That was enough. How do you feel?”
    “Ready to leave. I have Jaylyn’s scent.”
    “Already?” I asked.
    “She was here most recently.”
    “I’m coming with you.” Ryon said. In an instant he was a wolf too and the similarities between them was close.
    “Why are you bigger than me?”
    Ryon turned his head and tried looking at himself then at Zayden. “Not by much and I was bulkier than you as a human.”
    “Not by much.”
    “See?”
    “That’s enough quarrelling.” Izin said.
    “Yeah.” I agreed. “Let’s go.”
    “Whoa. Hold on.” Ryon said. “If this is a rescue mission, we need to travel as light as possible. We don’t need any unnecessary cargo.”
    “I’m not unnecessary. Jaylyn is out there and I need to find her.”
    “It’s all right, Love. Get on my back.”
    I smiled at Ryon for Zayden’s solution to allowing me to go and walked over to him while he lowered so I could get on.
    “Fine but you’re the only one.”
    “I don’t think so.” Darius said. “Zayden doesn’t go anywhere without me.”
    “There isn’t a horse that could keep up to us. I’d assume that Jaylyn took Rajet, right?”
    “I would think so.” I said.
    “See? We can’t travel at your pace. We’d never reach her that way. Stay here with your wife.”
    “Zayden, you can’t leave me behind. Troy is out there. He needs us.”
    I looked at Zayden before I actually got on him and he slightly nodded.
    “Ryon, I’ll ride with you. Zayden will take Darius.”
    He sighed and started to lower himself. “Fine.”
    “Thank you.” Darius said.
    He turned to Ruby for their goodbye but she stopped him from saying anything. “I know. Just bring them back. I don’t care how long that takes.”
    “Good because we don’t know how long it will take.”
    “Be careful.” Kathryn said. “And Zayden, you won’t be able to use your other gifts as a wolf.”
    “I won’t?”
    “They’re part of your human soul.” Ryon said. “They’d be useless anyway.”
    “Okay. Good to know. Rift, I’m sorry but you have to stay here.” He barked and whined like he was arguing but Zayden growled viciously and he stopped. “You won’t be able to keep up on your own. Stay here.”
    “It’s all right, Zayden.” Kathryn said. “I can keep an eye on him for you.”
    “Thank you, mother. Go, Rift.” He whined again and went to Kathryn with his tail between his legs.
    “Remember to just focus on bringing them home.” Izin said.
    “Our only mission, father.”
    “Farewell.”
    Darius gave Ruby one more kiss before he climbed on Zayden and we turned out of the conference room to leave.
    It would be weird travelling without Ruby even if my husband was now a large white wolf but we just had to do this. Chasing after Jaylyn would be easier this way and we would safely bring both of them home or at least, that’s what I hoped.

 
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 8
     
     
    Troy
     
    All I remember was waking. I was laying on my side in the dirt with nothing but a small torch lighting around me. My hands were still tied but the gag had been removed. My head felt like it was splitting open and it was hard for me to concentrate. My eyes didn’t even want to open but I wanted to know where I was. It was like an underground chamber of some kind. Much less decent than what Adele could create and more like a hole in the ground.
    I knew it for sure now; this was a bandit hideout.
    “Oh, look he’s awake.” A voice said. “We should present him to the chief.”
    “Get to your feet.” Another voice demanded.
    I tried moving my eyes to look above my head because moving my whole head would only make it hurt more. “I don’t think I will. You’ll have to make me.”
    The man that ordered the command huffed in anger and kicked me right in the back. “I said get up!”
    It hurt like getting stabbed and I rolled to my stomach in pain.
    “Control that temper, Jackal.” The other man said.