“Hello?”
“Hey, Reyes.You busy?”Pyrce asks.
“Nope, what’s going on?”
“We have a situation with the cult.There’s been word about a kidnapped girl being held there.”
“Another one?”I growl.“What the hell are they trying to do?”
“I don’t know.We need to figure it out, though.Right now, we need to get to the girl.”
“I’ll be at the cabin in ten,” I tell him.
“Good.See you in a few.”
We hang up, and I grab my keys and head out.I jog to the Midnight Haven headquarters.It’s a cabin a few miles north of Main Street.It’s close to my house, and I walk through the door eight minutes after I get the call.
“Do we have a plan?”I ask the guys as I join them around a desk.
“Working on it,” Abe grunts.He points to a map.“We think it’s one of these houses.”
I frown.“That’s close to the main houses.”
The other times we went to the cult property to rescue someone, they were being held in one of the outlier cabins.It was more private.This is different.
“Yeah, maybe they wised up.Knew we would continue to rescue anyone they held in the cabins,” Pryce says.“It’ll be harder to sneak in and out with so many other people around.”
Let’s go,my wolf growls impatiently.
“We’ll have to split up,” Jameson says.“Search the houses.Let everyone know if you find anything.We stay low and quiet.With any luck, we’ll be in and out without anyone knowing.”
We all nod and get ready to leave.My wolf is tense, almost shaking with unleashed energy.
We’ll get the girl and then go for a run, I promise.We’ll feel better then.
He growls his agreement, but the tension doesn’t leave him.
It’s pitch black out when we leave the Midnight Haven cabin and prowl through the forest toward the cult’s land.They own the property to the north of Night Grove Falls.They moved in almost a year ago and have been nothing but trouble since.
As we get closer, we split up, dispersing between the trees.I pause to survey the houses for any sign of movement or sound, but all is quiet.I look over at Pyrce, and he nods.As one, we move down the short hill toward the first set of houses.
I lose sight of everyone as I weave between shrubs, peeking into the first house’s window.A couple is asleep in bed.I move on to the next.
It’s not until the third house that I find our kidnapped girl.I look through the window and see her tied to the bed with a makeshift blindfold covering her eyes.She’s still as the man watching her shifts in his chair.
I swallow a growl as he looks at her, then back to his phone.When he stands, rolling his shoulders, I move.I round the house and approach the front door.I check the handle, but it’s locked.
So much for going in quietly,I think as I kick the door down.
The guy whirls around, reaching for his gun, but I’m quicker.I lunge for him, knocking him onto the ground.His head ricochets off the wooden chair behind him, knocking him out cold.
I jump to my feet and move quietly toward the woman.I’m about to untie her and tell her she’s safe when I hear heavy footsteps.Sounds like I have company.
“Shit,” I growl.
“Ambush,” Pyrce warns as he appears through the front door.
“I hear that.You ready?”
