Once Cole returned with the pack Isabel was rushing back to find her mate. He had to have been close.
After all, her and Esther had a deal and she had done everything Esther asked of her. The woods now
carried an eerie feeling that seemed to remind her of what death would be like. She searched among the
dead vampires just to make sure he had not been turned. For all she knew Esther could have turned him
last minute just to get one more laugh in beyond the grave. No one even resembled her mate and she
began to give up hope. He was the only reason she even agreed to help Esther to start with.
A man appeared from behind the trees clinging to his stomach in a painful notion while leaning
against a tree. "Isabel." He only took a few more steps before he fell to the
