Zach POV

Justin's sharp gasp is a distant sound as I let my wolf out. He fears the beast will emerge if I shift.

Instead, it is Ares who bursts from my skin and dives into the woods, beginning the hunt.

Apart from my Beta, I can't tell who else is following behind as we race deeper into the forest. I don't spare a moment to look back.

If Emily truly escaped close to dawn as they claimed, that's less that twenty minutes ago. Being an ordinary wolf, she cannot have gone far.. Goddess forbid that she's made it out of the kingdom.

I can sense other wolves around and...