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I can only imagine. The things I said to her. Telling her I hate her, that she was like him, and I regretted touching her. Shame and disgust fill me from the way I handled her.

“I told you,”my wolf growls. “You hurt her. You hurt our mate.”His anger feels like indigestion in my chest.

“Don’t do that,”Chayton says in my head.“I can feel your pain and shame. You didn’t know.”

“I should’ve known,”I snarl.“After all the time we spent and all that she had shown me, I still doubted her. I still let my prejudice guide me.”

I didn’t deserve Michaela. In the end, I treated her no different from every other person who told her they loved her. That truth smacks me in the face.

“Hi,” Tech steps up to Marley with his hand out. She looks confused, but shakes his hand. “I’m Tech, or Khalil. I’m your half-brother.”

Marley looks just as shocked as everyone else.

Tech turns to Torak. “Are you the wolf that she brought back?”

Torak nods.

“Shit,” he says. “That’s not good.”

“Why?” I question.

“Zani said in 24 hours she was going to break the bond with you and redo the soul tie with Markis. She can’t beat him.”

“I’ve seen her take down vampires and ferals without breaking a sweat. What do you mean, she can’t beat him?” Zyion asks defending Michaela.

“He’s older than she is,” I answer for Tech. “Not only that, but he’s stronger and better trained. She’d never win a fight against him.”

“No,” Tech says somberly. “Which is why she’s going to redo the soul tie.”

“By tying her soul with his, if she dies, he dies,” Alarick states.

“Bingo. That’s why she said Torak would know. He’s the only one that will feel her death. It will snap the connection he has with her. She’s going to kill herself.”

My wolf growls.“You doubted her. Now she’s going to leave us.”

“Enzo,” Luna says, getting my attention. Tears dance in her eyes. “You can’t let her do that. She’s pregnant.”

Everything stops. My entire world tilts on its axis. My breathing becomes labored. Pregnant.

My baby is having my baby. The one thing she has always wanted. She finally gets her miracle, and she’s willing to risk it. Hell no.

I turn and head toward the door.

“Enzo, where are you going?” Chayton asks.

“To get my mate and my pup.” I snarl as I turn to face him, daring him to stop me.

He holds up his hands. “I will not keep you from going. I just need to point out that you have no plan, and that vampire is powerful. Have you forgotten he had us all on our fucking knees?”

He’s right. Markis is everything Michaela said he was. However, there is one thing Markis didn’t plan for.

I think back over her lessons with the recruits. She told them we were made to fight vampires. I even think back to what she told me about sifters. She said to focus on a memory. One that has the power to ground you. Now it makes sense why he went for the memory of the campsite. And why, even though he tried to destroy it, it’s now back and I can remember every detail.

“She told us everything we needed to know to defeat him,” I turn to Alarick. “Every single one of her lessons was a guide.”

I may not deserve Michaela after what I said to her, but unlike everyone else in her life, I was going to do everything I could to get her back.

“Alright.” Alarick nods. “Then let’s come up with a plan.”