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Jasper and Maddox where already on the porch, their eyes gold and their bodies radiating with tension.
    “Adam is on his way,” Jasper said as he opened the door to the house and walked in. Reed and Josh followed, with Maddox taking up the rear.
    “What did you get out of the scent?” Maddox asked.
    “Like a sweet metallic scent,” Reed answered and shook his head. “I didn’t recognize it, so it’s not Pack. And this doesn’t feel like a Central move. They shouldn’t have been able to breach the wards.”
    Jasper nodded, his face thoughtful. “Josh, did you recognize the scent?”
    Josh looked up with a frown. “I’m not sure.”
    Reed stiffened then walked over to his mate to run a calming hand down his lover’s face. “What do you mean?”
    “I haven’t always had these senses, so I don’t know. The scent wasn’t something I’ve been near since I’ve changed, but it’s almost like a memory. Like I’ve scented it before… when I was human.”
    Reed tilted his head. “So you may know this guy?” An irrational anger pulsated through him again, and he forced it down. It wasn’t Josh’s fault that someone had taken their mate. It wasn’t.
    “I don’t know. I won’t know until I see him. But, it’s odd, isn’t it? That he made it through our wards, and that I may know him?”
    Jasper stood up and walked toward them. “We’ll find her. We thought we were safer with Bay’s blood, but we were only safer from the Centrals. With the war and our losses, we’ve forgotten there are other dangers out there for a werewolf, a witch, and a demon.”
    “Shit,” Reed muttered, and Maddox raised a brow. “Why can’t we just live in peace? Why is everything a God damn battle or war?”
    “Because we’re different. We’re wolves.” Jasper said, and Reed wanted to slug the bastard. Less than ten minutes had passed since Hannah had been taken, and that had still been too long.
    Reed looked over at Josh. “When we get out of the wards, can you Find her?”
    “I’ll try,” Josh said as he walked to their weapons closet. Yes, their military mate had a weapons closet. Josh geared up with knives, guns, and other equipment while Reed got the small medical bag that he could attach to his belt in case Hannah was… Yeah, he didn’t want to think about that.
    “We’re going to Find her,” Reed said. “We don’t know if this is a solitary attack or if the Pack is in danger, so I want you guys to stay behind and make sure the Pack is safe. We’ll call if we need you.”
    Jasper and Maddox blinked at the forcefulness of Reed’s order but nodded. Reed might not have a title in the Pack, but Hannah was his mate, his and Josh’s. They would Find her and bring her home.
    ****
    Hannah opened her eyes and spied a grungy cement wall.
    Oh, goddess, not again .
    She’d woken up in a cold, cement room before. Though she’d found her Reed and Josh through the ordeal, that didn’t make it any more pleasant a memory.
    She picked her upper body off up the floor and groaned because the aches in her limbs didn’t go away; they intensified. She took a deep breath and looked around, trying to get her bearings.
    She’d been kidnapped—again. This really needed to stop happening. Whoever had taken her had been strong enough to carry her pretty far. Her magic had touched him, and she hadn’t recognized him as a wolf, witch, or demon. He’d been human. Though he’d smelled…off. Like he was a human, though not entirely, as though he weren’t quite himself. She wasn't sure what that meant, but she knew it did not bode well for her.
    Whoever had taken her had the power, or whatever it was, to confuse the wards and come on to the Redwood Pack land without being noticed. She shuddered as she thought of who or what could have done that because she was now at his mercy.
    The basement wasn't quite the same as the one that held Corbin’s torture chamber. There were no manacles, no places for her to be tied down and