CHAPTER 229 Go.

  SOUNDTRACK: “How Soon is Now” by AG & Dresage

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  ~ RIG ~

  ‘The packs are moving. You can’t leave it too much longer, Rig. They’re trying to be casual, but the numbers are too big. Someone’s going to catch wind of this pretty soon. It’s time.’

  Natalie’s sending was both reassuring, and horrific.

  It had been hours. Meanwhile, neither of us had heard from Mack yet. He’d had time to get to Stephen, to make the call, and should have been on his way back by now. Even if he was out of range of the link, he should have been in cell coverage by now.

  If he wasn’t that meant either there was a problem, or something had happened to him.

  And that was making both of us tense.

  Tenser.

  The only saving grace was that Natalie was a wolf of action. So being out talking to the rebels, explaining, making decisions… it was helping her stay calm. But every time we linked I could feel the tension simmering higher and more furiously in her.