TARA

It had been twelve and a half minutes since Jenna said she was going to call me with an update about finding Nadia, but she hadn’t. These were the longest twelve minutes of my life, and I had never cried so much in so little time.

All Esme could do was pray for Nadia’s safety and comfort me, because not only could no one dare go out when StoneWolves were roaming around, but there was also a storm that had just started.

It wasn’t so severe as this wasn’t the time of the year when the storms hit, but it was enough to make everyone shut their doors and...