Turn of the Moon (Royal Shifters #1)(46)

No, you won’t.





Ryker

“They’re around this area,” Sebastian noted, “but I never came up this far north. Do you remember where you lived?” We drove nonstop once we got past the border into Canada on up to the Yukon Territory. The rest of the packs stayed out of range except me, Sebastian, and Micah.

I shrugged. “I have ideas, but it was a long time ago. I remember Whitehorse though. This was our city.” For the past couple days, all we’d done was split up and comb the streets to see if we could find any of the Yukon wolves. So far we’d found nothing, not even a trace.

Micah turned the corner, shaking his head when he saw us. “Anything for you guys?”

“Not a f*cking thing,” I grumbled.

“How is Faith?” Sebastian asked him.

“She’s fine. She just wants us to find her sister. The sooner we do, the sooner we can reunite them.”

“But for how long? What are your plans once this is over?” I asked.

Sebastian lifted his brows. “Good question.”

Smirking, Micah leaned against the building. “I guess we’ll just have to relocate. Besides, it’s not fun living with a female. It ruins my game.”

“So you’re moving to Wyoming?” Sebastian asked.

“Looks like it, unless you have any objections.”

“Nope, I look forward to pestering your ass. It’ll get me off of Ryker’s,” he said, pointing at me.

I snorted. “Thank f*cking God for that.” We stood there for a few minutes shooting the shit, and my patience ran thin. Blowing out a frustrated breath, I peered up and down the street. I had to find Bailey. “We have one more day until the full moon and he’s already had her for five. Just the thought of Kade breathing around her makes me so goddamned furious.”

“I’m in the same boat,” Sebastian agreed, his jaw tensing. “We need to figure out where those f*ckheads go during the day. Surely, they have jobs somewhere in this city.”

As soon as he said it, I had an idea. “When I was younger, there was a man in our pack who owned a bar right outside of town. His name was Abel. I could always smell the liquor on him from a mile away. It was years ago, but it might still be there.”

“And you think some of the wolves will be there?” he asked.

“It’s worth a shot. Right now, we have nothing.”

“All right, let’s go,” Micah announced. We jumped in my truck and started through town. We passed the ice cream shop my mother always took me to as a boy. Even Bailey went along a few times when she was staying with us. Everywhere I turned, there was a memory. Once off the main road, the bar wasn’t far. It was a Saturday night so it didn’t surprise me to see the parking lot packed with cars.

Shutting off the truck, I lowered the windows and breathed in. Nothing. “How the hell are there not any of them around? It doesn’t make sense.”

Sebastian sighed. “Maybe they are, but just cloaked like us. You know what that’s like. The Northern pack did the same thing, even though I knew you could sense Bailey. I’m almost positive the Yukons would be protected too. They have Maret alongside them.”

He was right. When I left Wyoming to check on Bailey, I knew their homes were surrounded by some kind of magic to keep them concealed. However, I could still feel Bailey’s magic through it, calling to me. “Do you think you’d be able to recognize anyone if you saw them?” I asked.

Sitting up in the seat, he focused on the door to the bar. “I’m sure I could.”

We all stared at the door, watching people go in and out, mainly humans. Each second that passed, the angrier I became. We had run out of options. After three hours of silence, I started the truck and put it in gear. “This is f*cking useless.”

Sebastian held up a hand. “Wait.” He pointed to the door where two men staggered out and got into their vehicle. “I’ve seen them before. They’re part of your old pack.”

I studied them and my memory clicked. “They’re Abel’s sons, Calum and Devlin. They were my friends growing up. I can’t sense them at all.” They were cloaked.

Micah scoffed from the backseat. “And there we have our answer. There’s no telling how many have been around.” Once they got in their car, they drove right past us. Drunk as hell, they almost hit a tree.

“Fucking morons,” I mumbled. Putting distance between us, I followed them. Their brake lights came on and then the entire car disappeared behind an invisible wall. “I think we have our location.”

“Yeah, and they would get into some serious shit if Kade and his uncle knew they gave it away. When I was with the Northern pack, we had to make sure no one was around before we could enter. Luckily, the Yukons have the village idiots to help us out.”

We drove past the entrance and kept going. “How far do you think the wall goes?” I asked.

“Maybe a half mile in all directions. You’ll be able to feel it if you get too close,” Sebastian replied. I remembered it was like an electric current jolting through your body. I was zapped a few times when I tried to get close to Bailey. “I think we have what we need,” he said. “Let’s get back to your people so we can come up with a plan of attack.”

Turning the truck around, I squeezed the steering wheel so hard, my knuckles turned white. I already had a plan . . . kill them all.