Chapter 112

Aubrey's POV One foot in front of the other. That was all I could focus on now. My wolf form had given me speed and strength for the initial escape, but the silver's lingering effects and my battered body had forced me to shift back to human hours ago. Now I stumbled through the forest in the tattered remains of the hospital gown, my bare feet bleeding from sharp rocks and thorns. The rising sun filtered through the trees, casting dappled shadows across the forest floor. I had been running all night, guided only by instinct and the faint pull of a mate bond I wasn't sure still existed. Every part of me screamed in agony—the raw, blistered rings around my wrists where the silver had burned me, the deep bruises covering my body, the exhaustion that made my vision blur with each step. But I couldn't stop. Not when Jax and Ivanka could be behind me. Not when everything I had discovered could save Knox and his pack. The forest began to look familiar—a particular bend in the creek, a distinc