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the man already looking calmer from being in the presence of the Omega. The submissive male would be the easier of the two to comfort it would seem.
    “Laura, please,” the man whispered.
    Laura closed her eyes, her voice cracking when she finally spoke. “I’m sorry. I just…I don’t hate you, Ellie. Know that.”
    “That’s enough, Laura,” Maddox said calmly, his voice holding no room for disregarding him. “Let’s sit and talk. You’re here because you want to heal, and that’s the first step.”
    Kevin took his mate’s hand, and Maddox did the same. Ellie squeezed his hand then led them to the living room.
    “Tell me about Robert,” Maddox said once they were seated.
    Kevin opened his mouth. Once. Twice. But nothing came out.
    Laura met Ellie’s gaze, her eyes shining with tears. “He was our son. Our only pup.” She told them about Robert as a child, as a man grown. Told them about his love for caramel ice cream and cherries. Told them about the times he would climb trees and pretend he was a cat rather than a wolf.
    By the time Kevin chimed in with stories of the man the Pack had lost, Ellie was on the couch next to Laura, quietly weeping and holding the woman who sobbed so deeply Ellie wasn’t sure Maddox would be enough to heal her.
    Wasn’t sure if the woman wanted to be healed.
    Maddox opened the mating bond fully with her, and she held back a wince at the immense agony running through the couple. He healed them inch by inch, a slow process that would take years, decades, but he was the Omega.
    It was his duty.
    His purpose.
    He would siphon off the edges of pain and take it deep within himself. The mating bond flared, and she took some inside as well. It was something they’d promised to each other when they’d first mated. He would not be able to heal everyone on his own. Not anymore. That was what had almost killed him. Together they would be strong enough to overcome whatever they had to take out of those who needed the help.
    It didn’t hurt. Not really. She knew it would if she was alone, and it had deeply when Maddox hadn’t been mated to her. She was just grateful that they had each other.
    They listened to the Silvers grieve for another hour before she fed them the cookies Willow had made. The couple had suffered enough. They didn’t need to be forced to eat Ellie’s baking as well.
    By the time they left, Ellie was emotionally exhausted, and Maddox looked as though he needed a nap as well. And not even the fun, sweaty nap they’d discussed before the Silvers had arrived seemed like a good idea.
    Maddox stood and pulled her into his arms, crushed her to his body. “Thank you for being there, Ellie mine. I love you so fucking much. I don’t know what I’d do without you.”
    Tears stung her eyes, and she wrapped her arms around his waist, inhaling his scent of wolf, forest, and home. The act centered her wolf, and she sighed, knowing that this was her forever.
    Cheesy as it sounded, but her wolf knew the score.
    “I love you too. Now let’s get some protein in us and then get ready for Charlotte to get home.”
    Maddox kissed her softly then pulled back, an odd look on his face.
    Her wolf went on alert. “What is it?”
    He shook his head. “I don’t know. Something’s wrong.”
    Logan, Lexi’s brother and Cailin’s mate, slammed open the door, his hazel eyes bright, the gold rim glowing as his wolf rose to the surface.
    “It’s Charlotte. She’s missing.”
    Ellie blinked as the world faded around her, her wolf howling in agony.
    Her daughter.
    Her Charlotte.
    Gone.

Chapter Three
     
     
    Caym couldn’t be back. Could he?
    They’d sent the demon to hell in the arms of his brothers. Caym had screamed, begged, and pleaded, but it hadn’t been enough. The relief in seeing the portal to hell open and drag him back to hell had filled Maddox like no other.
    Had they been wrong?
    That was the thought running in a circle within Maddox’s mind as he tried to listen to