Chapter 173

Draven's POV After giving my warriors orders to bring in the Howard couple, I stayed on the terrace with Ryan for a while. The weight of everything happening pressed down on me, but I couldn't allow myself to break. Not when Caroline and Liam needed me to be strong. "We'll find them," Ryan assured me, his hand on my shoulder. My beta had been my rock through this nightmare, but even his steady presence couldn't calm the rage of my wolf Alaric. "I need to check on Caroline," I finally said. "She was devastated earlier." Ryan nodded. "She's stronger than she looks, but this would break any mother." We headed back inside the pack house. Pack members were busy working with local police to coordinate the search. I went to the room where Caroline had been staying with her mother and Eleanor, but when I opened the door, I only found Lena and Eleanor's mother inside. "Where's Caroline?" I asked, confused. Eleanor looked up from her phone, frowning. "What do you mean? She told us she was going