ALPHA LIAM COLEMAN
We had been searching all night. I felt like I was going out of my mind. Rhodri had let Council Member Stark know the situation, and he had agreed to let Rhodri remain here with me, and he and the others would take the prisoners and return to the citadel. I was grateful to Rhodri for his willingness to help. He was a good man. We had continued to follow the river, but there was no sign of any of them. We shifted and stopped for a rest. We pulled on our trousers, which we had been carrying with us, but didn’t bother putting our t-shirts on. It was night, but it wasn’t exactly cold, and we were warm from running. Rhodri had brought a backpack with him that he had been carrying in his wolf’s mouth. He pulled out a bottle of water and threw it to me. I gulped it down thirs
