ARIA'S POV

A month since the disappearances started, Brielle and I were hanging out in the pack house, watching my kids hang out with other children in the pack. Since they could speak more clearly now, I put an ear out for their babbles.

"What's going on with these vanishing packs? Cole won't tell me anything no matter how many times I threaten him with sex."

"Or maybe there's nothing worthwhile going on?" I said dryly.

She considered for a moment before she shook her head. "No, I'm certain there's something going on. There's something they've found out."

Brielle was rarely wrong about anything, and I mean anything. She had...