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and leaned his head back. Heidi
was his responsibility. He’d promised her he’d get her home, and by
the moons, he was going to do it if it was the last thing he did.
Promises weren’t something he took lightly. He waited until the
conversation turned to more pleasant things before he returned to
join them. They talked of nothing in particular for the next couple
of hours. He avoided looking at Mina, though he could feel her eyes
on him. He excused himself and settled in for the night with a sigh
of relief.

    ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
    It was a full day’s travel at a trot to get to the
‘camp’ and the closer they got to their destination, the tenser
Tyler got. He took a deep breath to calm himself.
    “Another ten minutes and we’ll be there,” announced
Maddy.
    John glanced at his friend. Tyler blew out of his
nose and ran a hand through his hair.
    “What’s the plan?”
    Tyler frowned. “We’ll ask them nicely to give her
back.”
    “And if they don’t?”
    Tyler’s companions all shivered at the darkness in
the eyes he turned toward them. “Then I take her back.”
    “Tyler, you can’t just kill the guards if they don’t
let her out!” Mina looked horrified.
    “Mina! Maddy!”
    Everyone looked up at the sound of a man’s voice
calling to the women. They grinned and waved at the tall blond man
who looked to be in his early thirties. His light brown eyes took
in Tyler and John.
    “Vic!” Both girls gave him hugs.
    He grinned and set them down. “To what do I owe the
pleasure of this visit?”
    “We need to ask a favour of you.” Mina was doing the
eye fluttering trick women liked to pull on men and Vic looked
completely in love with it.
    “What can I do for you?”
    “Vic, these are our friends, Tyler and John.”
    Vic nodded. “John I’ve met before. You’re looking
well, man.”
    John grinned and Tyler nodded his greeting. His dark
brown eyes locked with Vic’s lighter brown ones.
    “There’s been a misunderstanding and we think a
member of our pack was put in your ‘camp’.” Tyler growled the last
word.
    “If he’s human, then there’s no misunderstanding.
This is where they go.”
    “She is human, but she’s no rogue. She just crossed
over and has no idea about Braw.”
    Vic took a deep breath. “Little brunette with amazing
eyes?”
    Mina frowned and Tyler nodded.
    “Listen, I’d love to help you out, but once they go
in, they don’t come out.”
    They all turned to look at the twenty foot fence with
a thorny top rail. Even if someone managed to climb to the top,
there was no getting over. From this close, it was impossible to
tell how big the enclosure was. It stretched out as far as they
could see in both directions.
    “Rainen knows of this place?” Tyler frowned.
    “Of course.”
    “I highly doubt it.” He met Vic’s gaze once again.
“Considering her mate is human, I’d say she might have some
objections to this.”
    Vic grunted. “That’s just a rumor. Rainen would never
be mated to the enemy.”
    Tyler turned and nodded to John. “I’ll meet you in
Growlen.”
    John’s eyes widened, but he nodded. “Stay safe.”
    “Stay safe.” Tyler turned to the sisters. “Thanks for
your help.”
    Both frowned.
    Tyler spun, his fist connecting with Vic’s jaw before
he sprinted toward the gate. The second guard yelled a warning
which cut off in a whoosh of air as Tyler’s shoulder collided with
his abdomen.
    Tyler jumped and pulled himself up onto the roof of
the small hut stationed by the gate. Cries of alarm and warning
shouts echoed through the air. Tyler looked down and saw three more
guards running toward him. He unrolled his blanket, climbed the
rest of the rails using the almost non-existent spaces between
them, then swung the blanket so that it covered the thorns. He
noticed some of them managed to tear through and he gritted his
teeth as he hauled himself over.
    “Where’s the key?”
    “Stop him!”
    “Halt!”
    Tyler ignored the shouts and managed to hear