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He stalked into the rooht away Her ed Unless…she’d shifted Her raincoat was on the floor She had to have shifted into her wolf for for him? He pulled out his cell and called one of his men on watch as he headed out the door and realized the most recent scent she’d left was fearful And not headed for the stairs to leave the keep

Fearful for his safety, aye But ould she be going this way? His heart thundering, he couldn’t help the fear escalating in his blood He kept telling himself she had to be fine

He tracked her scent to the se pipes His heart nearly stopped beating What the hell? He knew she wouldn’t have just gone exploring the various castle roo outside the keep

He yanked at the door Bolted Horror swaain at the door Then he began to kick the solid oak, deter "I heard you yelling from down below What’s happened?"

"Colleen was here The door is bolted"

Maynard helped Grant kick it open and found no sign of the lass in the s the toilet hole torn aside and thrown on the floor Grant swore "Alert the men Colleen may be down at the cliffs"

"Aye…aye, my laird" Maynard hurried out of the water closet and raced down the hallway

Grant kicked the boards out of the way, careful not to step on the exposed rusty nails He peered down into the pipe and smelled Colleen’s sweet scent mixed with the mold and earthy smells of the pipe Bloody hell! He couldn’t believe anyone could have forced her down them Especially when he smelled no other wolf’s scent in here Had Archibald come for her?

He would kill him Grant stripped and shifted into his wolf form Without ahe didn’t break a leg when he landed on the rocks below

He tuing a hand-tied Colleen down below to the breakers His heart ha the bastard that close to where the sea was co in could mean his and Archibald’s deaths Maybe even the lass’s if he couldn’t stop theot just as close to the sea

He would do anything to save his mate’s life He knew his brothers and his pack would take care of Colleen as soon as he could free her frorasp

Grant raced down the path in the driving rain, slipping a little, and lunged for the cur, praying he didn’t slide with hi his wickedly sharp canines, he grabbed Archibald’s arm and sank his teeth deep The man cried out With his free arm, Archibald reached for a knife in his boot Before Grant could let go of hi to take theotten back away from the breakers The wave swept him and Archibald off their feet His heart in his throat, Grant felt hi carried out to sea as he heard Colleen screarowl that sent a shiver down her spine right before she saw the wolf dash for theh she knew the threat was not directed at her, the sound was enough to curdle her blood

A flash of gray fur lunged at Archibald As a powerful, raging wolf, Grant grabbed Archibald’s ar hi, she fell against the slippery rocks Archibald swore and fuet to a knife sheathed in his boot, the wooden handle sticking out for her to see, but Grant yanked hi, shewith her hands tied

A wave rose behind theh to knock them down, and she screamed, "No!"