#Chapter 265: On the Hunt

Nathan The afternoon’s ambiance, painted in shades of gray and blue with the overcast sky, draped over the land as the weight of the impending search pressed on my shoulders. Clouds meandered lazily across the gray sky, occasionally dimming the silver radiance of the sun peeking through the haze that served as our guiding light. If Alvin was the ‘monster’, we had to find him. Not only for the pack’s safety but for Alvin’s sake too. And for my sake, partially—because I wanted to understand why he would do such a thing. Was Ryan forcing Alvin to work for him? Or had Alvin completely disregarded the lengths that Olivia and I had gone to all those months ago to restore his hand and keep him from being euthanized by my father? I had questions, and I wanted answers. I had assembled a search party in the clearing by an old ash tree, its boughs gnarled and twisted with age. All around me, members of the pack’s guard detail waited; many old, familiar face