#Chapter 22 A plan for a rescue

Malcom - Third It took two days for Malcom and his team to get through to the shifter territory undetected. It was a path he knew well and one he had taken countless times to bring back innocent girls to their families. He only hoped he would find Patara and potentially other young girls that had been taken as well. Every minute they were delayed was another minute that Patara might have been abused or closer to death. There were many times where Malcom was a little too late. Girls were found dead by hours or minutes when he reached them. They were thrown to guards or workers when they were all used up and usually died from their injuries. He would carry their broken and bruised body back to be buried by their parents and each one was like a bullet to the heart. Those scars never went away. They only encouraged him to keep going and keep finding the girls that didn’t deserve this fate. He knew full well that he would be doing this job until he was dead in the ground—even if