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you did something heroic.”
    Josh gave him a hard look then shook his head. “No, I let the demon inside me take over, and I acted on instinct. I cost us something precious and might've cost us something more. I need to fix this.”
    “ We will fix this. I can still feel hurt and pain through the bond, and I’m worried, baby.”
    “Me too. Let’s go outside and hold her in our arms then talk. We can’t just leave her out there.” Josh kissed his temple then took his hand. Reed gripped tighter and held on for his anchor. Josh was always the strong one, and Reed needed him now more than ever. Hannah needed them now more than ever.
    They walked out into the chilled air and looked on the porch for their mate. Unease crept up Reed’s spine when they couldn’t find her right away.
    “Hannah?” he called out.
    “Maybe she took a walk on the property?” Josh said as he inhaled a big gulp of air. As a partial demon, Josh’s senses were heightened, much like a werewolf’s.
    Reed let his wolf come to the surface, scratching beneath his skin, as nervousness swept through him. Hannah could have taken a walk on their property, sure, but she still should have been visible to them. With the attacks on their den, even with the added protection of Bay’s blood in the wards, Hannah wouldn’t have walked deep into the forest without letting them know or without an escort.
    She wouldn’t have, no matter how much pain radiated through her.
    Right?
    Reed opened his senses and inhaled her sweet scent. He followed her trail to a copse of trees and growled.
    “Where is she?” Josh growled, his tattoos pulsing and his eyes glowing red.
    Reed sniffed the air, this time catching a sweet metallic scent mingling with their Hannah’s bitter-apple scent.
    “Someone else was here,” Reed growled as his wolf tried to claw to the surface.
    Josh walked into the forest and cursed, then knelt on the ground. Reed came up behind him and placed his shaking palm on Josh’s shoulder.
    “What is it?”
    “A needle,” Josh bit out, and Reed almost fell to his knees. No, not this, not again. It couldn’t be happening again. They’d almost lost Willow to a sadistic bitch and a needle; they couldn’t lose Hannah.
    Reed moved past Josh and surveyed the area, taking in every detail, every scent, every change in the environment. Even though, as he did it, his body raged. Pain and anger coursed through him, and fear threatened to claw his stomach. The scent ended at the wards, which the kidnapper must have gone through. How, Reed didn’t know, yet. There would be no point in going after Hannah on foot or in his wolf form now because he couldn’t follow the scent. They would have to rely on Josh’s Finding abilities, however erratic they were.
    Whoever had taken her hadn’t been of their Pack because Reed didn’t recognize the scent. He closed his eyes, letting the foreign scent settle on his tongue, in his skin. He wouldn’t forget this. No, he would find the fucker who dared to try and break up his family and gut him.
    He might not have been the most alpha of his brothers, but he’d kill any who harmed what was his. He’d vowed it before when Caym had taken Josh, and he vowed it again.
    He vaguely heard Josh on his phone with Adam, the Enforcer, Reed’s brother, and Josh’s boss. Even though Adam was still learning to walk with this prosthesis, his brother would still know what to do and would help them. Which was good because his wolf didn’t want anyone but Josh around.
    “I don’t trust anyone. We need Hannah,” his wolf growled.
    Reed took a deep breath and tried to soothe his wolf. It would do no good to attack his own family out of pain and anger. Though a brawl would help him focus.
    Reed felt an arm come around his waist and leaned into Josh’s hold.
    “We’ll find her,” Josh said, his voice deep, cracking.
    “We have to,” Reed whispered.
    They turned back toward the house, Reed’s body shaking. When they got there,