Thin Apologies

Jaxon “SHIFT”, I instructed through the mind link. My men had spent hours scurrying the territory, still coming up with no trace of either Adeline or Sophia. They had managed to disappear – no scent, no tracks, no sign that they had ever left the vehicle. The entire commotion resulted in me nearly killing three of my enforcers. My heart had felt like it had been ripped from my chest, panic boiling over inside of my body at the thought that whoever had started the forest fire had captured them. I was holding on by a thread, the mate bond was still strong meaning she was alive – somewhere. My wolf scolded me inside my mind, annoyed that we had left them behind in the first place. Sophia immediately shifted back into her human form while Adeline remained in her wolf form. “I said, SHIFT”, I demanded. This little mate of mine was surely testing the last inch of patience I had left. My eyes darted to the blood trail following behind then to her red wolf. Her wolf had no signs of injury, how