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Cara took her hand and held
tight.
    Katherine glanced down at
the hand holding hers. She trembled. She was so cold she felt as if
she would never be warm again. Derek? Where was he? She needed him
so badly.
    “Dammit, Katherine, you
are not alone.
You are Derek’s mate, and as such you are a member of the Shadow
Walker tribe. Our tribe. We are going to help you. Derek will be
found and brought home. You need to have faith. Trust me. Derek
needs you to be strong right now. Don’t fall apart.”
    Cara’s words hit her like a bucket of
ice water. She needed to get her act together.
    “Raven will be here in a moment to tell
us what they’ve found. Go ahead and get dressed. We’ll see what’s
up with your man.”
    Her man. Katherine liked the sound of
that. She reached for her clothes. Slipping back into her slacks,
she paused a moment. “How do you know stuff?” Katherine
asked.
    “How do you? I know you can sense a
lie,” Cara said.
    “It’s the feelings behind the lie I
sense,” Katherine explained, putting her blouse back on.
    “So you are empathic. You sense
feelings.”
    “I guess so, but I have to focus on the
person for it to work. What do you sense?” Katherine asked, sitting
down to put on her shoes.
    “I see things. Like the mating symbol,
or sometimes symbols of danger, like blood.”
    “Blood? I think I’m glad I just feel
things.”
    “Yeah. Well I’m afraid you may feel a
whole lot more if we don’t get Derek home. Don’t worry. You are
surrounded by friends. And when you marry Derek, we will be family,
sisters-in-law.”
    “Derek hasn’t asked me to marry him,”
Katherine said, feeling her face flush.
    “Don’t worry. He will. I’ve seen it.
Right now everything is dark and dangerous. He’s in
trouble.”
    “Please tell me he’s going to be all
right.”
    “I’m sorry Kathy. I can’t see past the
danger. I wish I could.” Cara’s shoulders slumped in
defeat.
    “Cara, I appreciate all your help,”
Kathy said tenderly.
    Cara looked up and smiled. She often
seemed like someone struggling to understand her new place in life.
Being married to Raven Darkwood wasn’t always the picnic people
imagined. Cara had been kidnapped and almost raped because she was
Raven’s woman.
    “Come on. Let’s go find Raven.”
Katherine needed to find out what was going on.
    As they walked out of the exam room,
they heard Raven shouting. “What do you mean he’s missing? Well,
somebody needs to find him ASAP. I want to know where my brother
is, and I want to know now! Call me as soon as you learn
something.”
    Cara walked over and put
her head on Raven’s shoulder. Katherine crossed her arms and tried
to feel warm, when all she felt was cold inside. Raven smiled at
her, and it helped a little bit. He had been so nice to her when
she came to work for Isanti, Inc., five years ago. He was older
than Derek, but the resemblance between the brothers was
noticeable. They had the same dark eyes and hair, the same dimples
in their chins. Raven wore his hair down to his shoulders, but
Derek wore his hair in the current style, looking as if he had just
stepped off the pages of GQ
Magazine . Raven knew Katherine loved his
brother.
    When Katherine felt a knife cut her
skin, she looked down in disbelief. No one was cutting her. What
was going on? The pain of the second cut was more intense, and she
gasped, clutching her side as her knees buckled. How was she
feeling a knife cut someone else?
    Raven leapt forward and caught
Katherine as she fell. Cara wrapped her arms around Katherine as
she felt a third knife cut across her arm. Katherine cried out and
looked at Raven in horror.
    “They’re cutting Derek. Oh, my God,
they’re torturing him.”
    For a moment, Katherine was connected
with Derek, sharing his pain. She felt him stiffen and push her out
of his mind. Derek didn’t want her to be hurt. Katherine didn’t
want him to be alone.
    Raven grabbed her shoulders and forced
her to focus on him.