If there was something that Clara could do very, very well was to run fast, so sneaking out of Will's study without him noticing was quite easy. Now she only had to meet up with her group and in turn, if they had done their job well, with Dixon and maybe she would know Ethan's whereabouts, because she hadn't heard anything from him and that worried her. But at least one of her mates knew he was safe.

And she knew the other hadn't died-she would have felt it.

She heard sounds near her, but deftly moved away so fast that her paws ached, but soon she was leaving the once herd where she lived. She lifted her head looking for the scent of its members and found them far away, with them a soft and very familiar scent that made her tail wag. He couldn't help it. It was his mate even for all they had been through.

He crossed the forest with the objective of meeting them. His plan had worked to perfection and he soon met up with them a few miles away from his herd, but far from any danger.

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