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still don’t feel… I’m not really… I don’t fit in.”
    “Because you don’t have a special ability?”
    “Well, I don’t,” she muttered.
    “You’ve created life.” He draped an arm over her shoulder. “Inside you.”
    “Any female can do that,” she answered.
    “Only you could make my child,” he said.
    “All right.” She put her palm against the side of his face. “We’ll tell them. Just not right now.”
    He took her hand and kissed the palm. “I love you, mate.”

 
     
     
    Chapter Four
     
    The pounding rattled the window of the cabin door. “Cara? Gray?”
    Cara sat up in the small bed she shared with her mate and glanced at the clock. Almost two am. “Coming.”
    “Cara?” Ilse’s voice called, even louder. More pounding followed.
    “All right. I’m coming.” Cara grabbed a robe just as Gray sat up in bed.
    “What is it?”
    “I don’t know. Ilse sounds upset.”
    “I’ll come, too.”
    Cara left the bedroom and went to the door. Her sister stood on the other side, and when she opened it, Ilse pushed inside, a huge flashlight in her hand.
    “It’s Tommy,” Ilse said. “He’s missing. Hasn’t been in his bed for hours.”
    Gray entered, still settling his robe into place. “Any clue where he’s gone?”
    “Ricky says he kept talking about Grayland and how he wanted to kill one of those birds and bring it home,” Ilse answered.
    “Shit,” Gray cursed. “I’m sorry.”
    “Not your fault,” Ilse answered. “He’s a good kid but headstrong. Hard to control.”
    “We’ll get him back,” Gray said.
    “You bet we will,” Cara added.
    “Not you, Cara,” Gray ordered. “You’re staying here.”
    Cara glared at him. “I will not.”
    “I won’t have you risking the baby,” he said.
    “Baby?” Ilse repeated.
    “Cara’s pregnant, and she’s going to stay here and be safe,” he said.
    “This is why I built a mechanical mate,” she said. “I am not taking orders from you.”
    Ilse glanced from Cara to Gray and back. “Maybe he’s right.”
    “Like hell. Tommy’s my nephew. No one can keep me from helping to find him.”
    “Cara…” Gray’s voice came out like a snarl.
    “I mean it. If you leave me behind I’ll follow.”
    “We’ll all go,” Ilse concluded. “But let’s do it.”
    Gray wagged a finger toward Cara. “You stay with me.”
    “Joe’s organizing everyone,” Ilse said.
    Gray nodded and headed outside. When Cara made to follow, Ilse caught her arm. “There’s something I haven’t told the others. I’m sensing Tommy out there, but only weakly.”
    “He must have gotten far away,” Cara said.
    “Or…” Ilse didn’t have to finish that sentence. They both knew what she meant. Tommy might be hurt, bad enough that his life force was slipping away. If so, they’d have to get to him quickly so his mother could heal him.
    “Gray’s right.” Cara squeezed Ilse’s arm. “We’ll find him.”
    “Let’s go.”
    By the time they joined the group, the others had all shifted. Ilse and Cara shed their clothing and did the same. With Bess watching the two young ones, they had seven adult wolves, strong enough to cover distance quickly and with senses of smell acute enough to pick up Tommy’s scent as they went. Plus, they had Ilse’s ability to detect Tommy from even farther away. If anyone could find the wolfling, they would.
    They ran almost silently through the forest. Even on the brightest day, the redwoods cast much of the land into deep shade. After dark, only a patch of moonlight here and there marked their way. Cara’s sensitive ears picked up the sounds of her pack mates and the breathing of Gray beside her as they went. Even after several long minutes, she found no trace of Tommy’s scent, and they seemed no closer to their goal. Though none of them questioned Ilse’s second sight, they could have been going in circles for all Cara could tell. Luckily, the rest didn’t know that Ilse was having trouble