I was finishing up a call with the Alpha of a neighboring Pack, talking about his plans to host a New Year's Ball, when the call came in to my phone. "Sorry Jerry, the mate is calling."

"We'll talk later, say hi to her for me," he said before he hung up. I picked up my iPhone and accepted the FaceTime call. The camera wasn't showing anything I recognized. "Hi baby, did you find what you were looking for?"

The camera panned up to show Linnea on the floor of a van, laying on her side. She was blindfolded and had chains around her ankles, and her hands were cuffed....