Chapter125: The Search

Chapter 125: The Search XENOIS The drive to the forest felt like it took hours, though I knew it had only been twenty minutes since Riley's terrified call had cut off abruptly. It has been the worst twenty minutes of my life. Twenty minutes of my mind going through every possible scenario, each one worse than the last.  Thorne sat in the passenger seat beside me, planning and coordinating with the other vehicles that were behind us. We had gathered a convoy of our pack's best warriors, all were well armed to their teeth and ready for whatever we might find. "The GPS shows Sophia's phone signal went dead about three miles into the Blackwood Forest,"  Thorne said, his voice hoarse from the same tension that I was feeling. He may not have liked Sophia much but he was worried about Riley and has accepted him as my own even before I had, and he had come to care for him the same way he did for Ollie. "If they're still there, we should be able to track them by scent once we get close." I pres