Cacian’s POV
I was standing waist deep in the freezing lake water, duecting the search teams who were combing the area where Blait had disappeared.
“Edward!” I shonated, wading back toward alice “Take ones the super!have to get back to the ceremony site immediately!”
Edward splashed toward me, his face questioning Your Majesty whats happ
“Sable’s sister has been kidnapped. I was already pulling was my jasket Continues the search for Blair, but send half the warriors back.”
I started running toward the forest path, my mind racing thigh possibilities Why would be bold enough to target Daisy?
Halfway back to the ceremony site, I encountered my parents hurrying toward me
‘Caelan!” Katherine called out. Any word on Blair?”
“Sable’s sister has been kidnapped!” I shouted without stopping. Edward’s handling the rescue!”
I continued running toward the ceremony clearing.
But when I burst through the treeline, my worst fears were confirmed.
The ceremony area was in chaos. Guests milled around in confused clusters, some calling Daisy’s name, others demanding to know what was happening.
But Sable was nowhere to be seen.
A server carrying a tray of red wine suddenly stepped into my path from the side
“Your Majesty!” The man stumbled, and an entire tray of red wine crashed to the ground. The liquid splashed across my dress shirt and jacket, staining the fabric deep crimson.
“I’m so sorry!” he babbled, immediately pulling out a napkin and dabbing at the mess. “Please, let me clean this up! This will stain permanently if we don’t treat it right away!”
I tried to step around him, but he moved to block my path again.
‘It’s fine-
“No, no, this is my fault! I have to fix this! This wine will ruin your formal wear! Please, just let me??/p>
I grabbed the man’s wrist, my grip tight enough to make him wince. “Get. Out. Of. My. Way.”
I shoved him aside hard enough to send him sprawling and sprinted toward the forest path. But then I suddenly realized he was deliberately stalling me.
Sable’s POV
The forest path led to a clearing deep in the woods. Trees formed a natural amphitheater around a space.
And there, tied to the trunk of a massive oak, was Daisy.
My heart broke at the sight of her. My sister was bound with rough rope, duct tape covering her mouth. Her eye were wide with terror, and tears had carved tracks down her dirt-stained cheeks.
Two men in black clothing stood near her, both clearly Rogues from their scent and the predatory way they moved. They turned toward me as I stepped into the clearing.
“Sable Crawford,” the taller one said with a cold smile. “Right on time.”
“Let her go,” I said, trying to keep my voice steady. “She’s just a child. She has nothing to do with any of this.”
‘Oh, but she has everything to do with this. The second Rogue stepped closer to Daisy, his hand resting on a silver knife at his belt. ‘She’s our insurance policy.”
I took a step forward. “What do you want?’
“What do we want? The first Rogue laughed. “We want you to come here quietly. No fighting, no screaming, no trying to mind-link your precious Lycan King’
If I cooperate, you’ll let Daisy go?”
“Maybe. His smile turned cruel. “Depends on how cooperative you are.”
I looked at my terrified sister, at the ropes cutting into her small wrists, at the tape that was probably making it hard for her to breathe through her nose. The sight filled me with a rage so pure it felt like fire in my veins.
“Okay,” I said quietly. ‘Ill come with you. But let her go first.”
O III
The two Rogues exchanged glances.
“I don’t think so, the taller one said. “You come here first. Then we’ll untie the brat.”
I had no choice. Daisy’s safety came before everything else.
I walked toward them, my hands raised to show I wasn’t armed. Every step felt like walking toward my own execution, but I forced myself to keep moving.
When I was close enough to touch Daisy, I knelt down and looked into her frightened eyes.
“Daisy,” I whispered, pulling the tape gently from her mouth. “Listen to me carefully. As soon as these ropes come off, you run straight back toward the lights. Find Dad and don’t stop running, okay?”
She nodded, fresh tears spilling down her cheeks. “Sable, I’m scared.”
“I know, baby. But you’re going to be brave for me, right?
One of the Rogues cut through Daisy’s bonds with his silver knife. The moment her arms were free, I pushed her toward the path.
“Run! Now!”
Daisy took off like a shot, her little legs carrying her toward safety as fast as they could go.
“Smart girl, the first Rogue said. ‘Now it’s your turn to pay.”
Both men started advancing on me. In that moment, facing certain death, something primal awakened inside me.
I closed my eyes.
“Esme,” I called to my wolf. “We need to fight.”
“Finally,” came her fierce response. “Let’s show them what Crawford women are made of.”
Then I began to shift.
Both Rogues immediately shifted as well, becoming snarling brown wolves with yellow eyes and foam around their muzzles. They circled me like predators. looking for the best angle of attack.
The larger Rogue lunged first. I dodged to the side and raked my claws across his flank. He howled in pain as blood matted his fur.
“Good! More!” Esme urged.
The second Rogue came at me from behind. I spun around and caught his front leg in my jaws, biting down until I felt bone crack between my teeth.
But before I could deliver the killing blow, the first Rogue lunged toward something at the edge of the clearing.
Has jaws clamped around a silver blade that had been driven into a tree trunk – some kind of trap they’d prepared beforehand. The metal was coated with a Gark liquid that made my nose burn.
Wolfsbane
He charged at me, the poisoned silver blade gripped between his teeth, aiming straight for my heart.
But then massive black shape exploded from the treeline
Carian in ins woll form was enormous easily twice the size of the Rogues
Coclan! I called though the und link
He landed between the and the buds welding Kugur with the use of an art without heartation, he intercepted the silver blade that had been meant for my heart
The knife sank deep into his macabes chest. Light breek front gives wat wef fish with a mound like lasting meat
Carlan’s agonized how shattered the right
“Not” I howled back, watching his blood begin to ask his black fuc
But he didn’t fall down. His massive pow struck the knife wichting Rogue across the face with enough lace to break bones. The man flew backward and hit a tree trunk with a sickening crack.
The Rogue, the one I’d bitten, tried to run. But Caelan’s jaws clamped down on his hind leg and dragged him back into the clearing.
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