Ch. 19

Nathan’s POV

No one answered the phone at the Blood Claw packhouse. But Darcy had told me a little more of what Charlie shared with her about what life had been like for her there so I wasn’t surprised. It seemed they weren’t conducting business as usual, or any legal business at all. I imagined the only telephone contact was conducted via burner phone.

All of which only made me more desperate to get to her. If she had gone to Blood Claw, she was in danger and I’d been the one to put her there. My only option was to drive the few hours to the pack and search the territory for her. A writhing, roiling nausea twisted in my gut at the though of what could be happening to her before I could get to her.

Then there was the not so minor issue of convincing her to leave with me, to come back home with me where she belonged. I had no hope of gaining her forgiveness in the few short minutes I planned on spending in that cesspool, but if I could offer her safety, maybe she would trust me