“What was she doing near the Wall? The wall that separates humans and werewolves?”

            Apollo, ever stoic, merely shrugged in response. “I don’t know either. But it’s not yet confirmed if it’s her.” The Beta swallowed, “It’s only a speculation.”

            “Why speculate at all?” The Alpha asked, putting a rather more ill-stricken face than a serious one.

            “Because Katharine is not in the  Shadow Rose Pack’s fortress.” It was so simple to say, but its graveness bore deeper in his heart. Silence only spanned for a few seconds before Alain scanned the party and the forest as if looking for someone. “She’s here, I think. She might have followed me.”   ...