Morning came a lot later than usual. I didn't get any sleep. I didn't eat or shower like usual. I paced and occasionally went into my office to look at maps of the land around. Nothing was popping up with any latest ideas for Simon's location. The bond is nowhere near usable and her scent was not even showing up on the ground. The closest sign that might have been her was a disturbance fifty miles in the woods from the road leading into the city. There were broken branches and wide trenches of dirt like something had been dragged. But the trench ended and the trail we had been on disappeared.
I was frustrated, infuriated, and out of control. Corey and Thrain still came back empty handed, solemn looks on their faces and exhaustion shaking their bones. I finally had to let them go home and sleep. Alpha Lykaon and Luna Opaline are doing their best, but not even they as mates are any better. I was beginning to lose hope fast.
