Mated to Her Alpha Instructor (Eileen and Regis) novel Chapter 231

Chapter 231

I will, I promised silently. We’re going to save Nina, and then we’re all going home together.

But the words felt hollow.

Because something was off.

The wind had been at our backs when we entered the forest, carrying scents from ahead. Now it had shifted, blowing from behind us. If Cornelius was ahead with Nina, why couldn’t I smell any trace of them?

And the blood trail-

I frowned, replaying the last few minutes in my mind. The trail had stopped abruptly at that massive oak tree. Kieran said Nina had probably been carried from that point.

But I’d seen claw marks on the trunk. Fresh ones. Pointing southeast.

We were heading northwest toward the creek.

“Move out,” Regis ordered quietly.

I fell into step, but my pulse was racing now. Should I tell him?

Later, I decided. When we reach the camp. When I’m sure.

His smile was a slash of white in the chaos. “Regis Vane. I expected better.”

Regis’s wolf wheeled to face him, lips peeled back from fangs as long as my fingers.

Silas chuckled, low and cruel. “Cornelius sends his regards.

He raised his free hand, and the rogue wolves surged forward as one.

The battle exploded.