Chapter20: Taken by a Madman

*Canaan* Pain ripples through my abdomen despite Bexley’s powers blanketing me in the soft light of her healing powers. It’s not just the gunshot wound that hurts. As I see her disappear over the wall in Garth’s grasp, I feel my insides begin to shatter. “We’ll get her back!” Ellison shots in my head. He’s a huge wolf and can jump over that wall, I know it, but he’ll only have a couple of hours to track them down once he’s there. We need a plan.  “You six, go with Ellison,” I command, keeping a hand pressed against my stomach as I point with the other at the men I mean to go with him. I can hear horse hooves in the distance and know that Garth has a head start. My men will be faster, but the snow is beginning to fall, and that will make it more difficult to stay on his tracks and will help cover the scent. Something tells me Garth has more tricks up his sleeve. Justin is at my side in his human form dressed only in a pair of pants he likely grabbed from one of the stashes the guards ke