I slowly got to the edge of the packhouse roof and I saw Carmen dead on the ground and I started screaming again and I began crying and Axel had his arms around me so tightly and I fell on my knees on the roof and Axel was holding me as tightly as he could. I felt hopeless and Axel didn't know how to help me except to hold me. I was screaming and crying in grief and pain. I was at a complete loss at what to do now. How the hell were we going to find Virginia? How do we know that she didn't already sneak over the border? How do we know that there aren't more traitors in this pack that have helped her get across the border? If she's not in the territory anymore, then she could be anywhere. My mind was reeling with all these different questions and I was truly starting to believe that I w

