when you wake up on your own.

Anxiety threatened to tighten its grip on Summer's heart, but found to its surprise that it couldn't get past the urgency and sense of duty that had overwhelmed the boy. The pack was in danger and he and Jace were on the trail of the creature causing it. There was no time to fret about how he looked when he searched for a scent or other such trivial matters. There was something far more important to focus on.

And it just became even more important.

"Him," was all the response Little Levi could muster for he was too far chilled to his core to say much else. He turned his gaze to the distance where he knew the trail would take them. Somewhere along that path was his alpha, any by the look of it, the man was not in the best of shape. "We need to hurry," he said, completely oblivious to the way his tone and the way he carried himself had changed. It was beyond his place in the pack to act in such a way, but there was no time for him to worry about that as he picked up his pace and hurried off along the trail.

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