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There has to be.
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Brick
Fuck.
I give Madison an hour and then go back to the bedroom to try to talk it out with her. I owe her an apology. I can fix this.
Except she isn’t there.
The moment I realize everything is as we left it–the coffee cold on the dresser, her boots and coat gone, I dive into a panic.
Jogging to the kitchen, I find Liz in mid-preparation for tonight’s feast. “Where’s Madison? Did she ever come inside?”
Liz’s eyes round. “She went outside?”
“Dane!” I’m shouting now, running through the halls.
The old caretaker appears, his bushy eyebrows slashed down.
“Madison. Where is she?”
His body tenses with my urgency. “I don’t know. I haven’t seen her all day.”
I run through the lodge, shouting for Madison, even though I already know she’s not here.
Fuck, fuck, fuck.
My voice brings everyone out, my mother included. I ignore that fact. “Madison’s outside in the blizzard. I need you all outside now.”
John, the human pilot is there, too, and I have enough brain cells to shake my head at him. “You stay here in case she returns. Call my cell. You, too,” I tell my mother and Liz.
The rest of us run for the mudroom and start stripping.
“Hold up.” Eagle grips my shoulder.
I whirl ,and my growl shakes the room. Everyone freezes from the alpha roar. By the time I’ve recovered, I realize I’ve shown far too much. I’ve shown everything. My wolf eyes have to be showing.
Eagle persists in that persuasive low tone of his. “Brick. Hold up. You take the snowmobile. You’re no good to her in wolf form. We’ll howl when we find her.”
I hate it. I fucking hate the idea, but I know he’s right.
My need to shift and run and sniff my mate out–
Fuck! She’s not my mate! I don’t know why I thought that. Except the fact that my wolf is riding right at the surface means this is more than an office fling.
Far more.
My need to shift and run is so strong, I can barely hold back. But Eagle’s solution holds logic. I put my clothes back on, don a pair of boots, jacket, gloves and hat and run for the shed where the snow toys are kept.
I push out a snowmobile and look around. Everywhere I look is pure white.
Madison has to be lost. It would be impossible to find your way in this weather. It’s also going to be really fucking hard to track her, even in wolf form. The snow and wind will cover and carry away her scent. Even sound is hard to follow with the wind whipping around so viciously.
I want to punch my own face in for making her mad enough to come out in this storm. Making her quit.
What in the hell is wrong with me?
