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Estrella’s heart soared "Sabrina, are you okay?"

"Finejush really tired Dunno whash going on" Oh yeah, she had to be drugged

Before Estrella could respond, the saave her a little sedative to keep her compliant"

It was more than a "little" for her friend to be so out of it, but she was alive and seeh Estrella wouldn’t know for sure until she saw her "Okay So what do you want?"

"You" A sih that even h her like out of control vines "You really don’t know?"

"I wouldn’t be asking noould I?" she snapped, angry and confused

"Meet me in the studio we discussed The back door will be open" He disconnected before she could respond

"They’re already inside," Rainerher attention to him

"What did your brother say? Has he seen Sabrina?"

Rainer nodded, a frown ed Fro, the vamps truly don’t plan to hurt her They plan to free her"

"Why is that a bad thing?" His expression confused her

"It’s not We just don’t knohat their end gainally expected They didn’t want to hurt you the other night, though they didn’t care about row

"How many are there?"

"Five"

"And there are seven of us so we can take them I can’t believe the vampires haven’t seen your pack mates yet" Estrella had hated this part of their plan, but Rainer had been unwilling to allow her to walk in there alone and now she was actually grateful to have backup so close

"They’re in the rafters and have "

She pushed out a sigh of relief as she wrapped her fingers around the door handle "I’et across the street unseen

Rainer brushed his knuckles down her cheek, hating to let her get out of this vehicle But the most primal part of hiive him While he told himself he could live with her hate and rejection, he couldn’t So now he had to shove his protective, possessive wolf side down and let his mate walk into a roo it was because his pack mates were already there as backup and he’d seen how fast she healed She was only twenty-six compared to his four hundred-and-fifty, yet she’d healed with the speed of his thousand-year-old Alpha Rainer still didn’t knohat to think of that, but it soothed his inner ani his cheeks, Estrella leaned closer, brushing her lips against his softly before pulling back She tasted as sweet as the subtle jas one Like a shadow, she slid from the vehicle and disappeared into the darkness

And he wasn’t far behind It didn’t matter that she had protection inside, Rainer planned to be a scant step behind her, guarding her with his life if necessary

The two-lane street wasn’t well lit and even though it was a nice part of town, this strip of shops closed down early, whichdown the street There weren’t any restaurants nearby and most of the shops holesale places that did a lot of business over the internet It was probably one of the reasons the vamps had chosen it