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jerked her arm free and locked gazes with him for several long moments before turning away. He inhaled deeply, trying to push away the urge to drag her off to one of the bedrooms. The last thing he needed to do was think with his dick.
    A low growl rumbled from deep within as he followed her through the mudroom to the living room. In the far corner sat a desk with two monitors and a keyboard in the center of the dark wood.
    Sable sat in the high back leather chair and set the metal lock box she’d carried with her on the desk. Then she pulled out the slip of paper with the coordinates and brought up a map program on the computer. “The only house rule is to respect everyone who comes here. Serenity keeps this house as a safe haven more than an actual rebel base.”
    Jared sat in the chair next to Sable and set the wooden box he still held on the desk. Remaining silent seemed like the best thing to do for now as he watched her enter the coordinates. A second later, the map program brought up a location, and Sable cursed under her breath. “Stupid bitch.”
    Glancing at the screen, his heart sank. “Zoom in.” She did as he asked. When the satellite image focused, Jared sighed. “That’s Hunter Ridge.
    She recognized the Pack name. It was one of the last ones Felix had invaded, turning all the members except the Alpha and his family into mutants. The Alpha, Travis Hunter, had set the whole den on fire.
    Jared pulled out his phone, but Sable covered it along with his hand. “Don’t call it in yet. I’m not a hundred percent sure she’s not monitoring us.”
    Sable glanced apologetically to Serenity. The other female just shrugged. “Savannah already knows about this place and just about every rebel camp in the southeast. I don’t sense that she’s figured out you’re here yet.”
    “But she will, and she’ll come. You need to leave when we do. I’m so sorry.”
    Serenity waved her off. “Don’t. I’ll be fine.”
    Something in the way the female averted her gaze as she spoke said she knew her own fate. Jared opened his mouth then shut it. Serenity offered a gentle smile before making her escape.
    “She knows what my mother will do and is still stubborn enough to stay,” Sable grumbled then faced Jared. “I’m not sure we should stay tonight. The longer we are here, the more danger I put Serenity in.”
    Jared nodded. “There are still a few hours of daylight left. I say we go to Hunter Ridge and continue our research there.”
    Sable smiled and conjured a backpack at the same time Serenity came back into the room with a laptop, backup battery, and power cord. Sable stuffed the items, as well as the boxes, into the pack. “Thanks for everything, Serenity.”
    The psychic took both their hands. “Don’t fight what is fated to be. See past your mistakes and open your hearts. Only together can you heal and win this war.” She let go and stepped back. “Now get out of here.”
    A moment later, Jared was being pulled through time and space, only to materialize in the middle of the Hunter Ridge den, or what was left of it, of Travis Hunter—Ashwood Falls’ new Tracker.
     

Chapter Four
     
     
    “Now what?”
    Sable clenched her jaw at the irritation in Jared’s words. If she knew all the fucking answers, she’d know exactly how to kill her mother and end this war so Sable could go live her life far away from Jared. She turned to tell him just that, but Serenity’s message rang in her mind. The human was right. Sable needed to work with Jared to end it. Whether it was the war or the cyclone of emotions brewing inside of her, Sable wasn’t sure. Maybe both.
    “I’m not sure where to begin or why we’re here.” Scanning the charred remains of what was once a thriving den, Sable frowned. She didn’t know what connection her mother had with Hunter Ridge. Felix, on the other hand, had worked with the Marshal of Hunter Ridge to raid the den.
    From the corner of her eye, she saw Jared raise his phone