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"What did you expect me to do, let you fucking die?" Bree says as I glance at Leon.

"Yes! Better that than her being trapped here. They are going to fucking mark her, Bree! Force her into a fucking bond," Tal snarls.

I stagger back at his words. My stomach drops as rage sets my blood on fire. My hands tremble and fur grows along my arms when Raidon suddenly stands.

"So what? It's what she’s made for.”

Tal growls at Bree's words, and I become even more enraged. ‘It's what she’s made for’? Harlow is mine. She belongs in my pack.

It is cruel and inhumane of Bree to force this fate on her own sister and rip a baby away from her mother. Harlow will be powerless to stop Corbin, unable to resist if he commands her. She never took my serum. We found it in the Den, between the cushions.

"Calm down, Thane!" Raidon warns, feeling my uncontrollable rage through the bond.

"They have her," I snarl at him, stating the obvious.

"You’ll get her back. Give Rhen a minute to locate her," Leo speaks calmly. Their heads will fucking roll for touching my Omega, my mate, my Luna.

"Got it!" Rhen snaps as Leo moves to glance over his shoulder. "Raidon, get the plane ready. We found her," Rhen tells him.

"Where is she?" I ask, barely finding the words. Rhen and Leon stare at me. I can feel their fear loud and clear as my aura slips out. I’m on the verge of snapping, and I can't rein it in.

"Mountain Pack. He went home," Leo whimpers as my aura crushes him.

"Get the authorities there now!" Rhen snaps at Leon as he chucks his phone to him.

"They can't," Leo grits out.

Rhen glares at me. "Get yourself under control, Thane!" he snaps as my vision tunnels.

I fight the violent urge to kill something, but it isn't enough. The fury burns hotter, and I feel the shift start to take over before I feel a pinch in my neck.

"Fuck!" Leon curses.

I feel wolfsbane burn through my veins. It won't stay in my system for long, a few minutes at most, but it’s enough to act as a sedative and dull my senses. I see Raidon pull the needle from my neck, a phone propped between his ear and shoulder.

"Sorry, no choice. We don’t have time to fight your beast right now," Raidon says before returning to the pilot on the phone. He tosses the needle onto the table beside us. Rhen catches me as my legs give out. Then everything goes black.

* * *

I wake up in the car. Jerking upright, Rhen slaps a hand on my chest.

"We are on our way to the airport,” he tells me.

Peering over my shoulder, I see Leon, Raidon, and Leo jammed in the backseat. "Authorities get there?" I ask.

"We called them off. Leo says the place is booby trapped. There’s explosives at every entrance, in case he’s caught. If we send them in, they’ll trip the sensors,” Rhen explains.

"So, what, we let him mark her?" I yell.

"She can resist him, Thane. It will hurt, but she will resist. I know Harlow,” Leon says with confidence.

Yes, but an Alpha-of-Alpha aura can be deadly. I see the vial of my serum sitting under the stereo. I grab it and shake my head before dropping it back into the little compartment. Why didn't she take it? She would be stronger than Corbin if she took it. Leo reaches between the seats, grabbing the vial and examining the contents.

"I think I have a plan," Leo says before I snatch my serum back from him.

"What is it?" I ask.

"There’s a way through the tunnels. If I can get in, I’ll be able to switch off the alarms and detonators."