Bailey POV
I gripped the man by the throat, ignoring the fact that his eyes were bulging and that the other elders were standing there shocked out of their minds with anger growing on their faces. He looked incensed as he clawed at my hands, nails drawing blood as my fury coursed through me. I couldn't think, I couldn't focus, except on the mind-numbing fact that my mate was gone and that this bastard probably either knew where she was or had something to do with it. I glared down at him, my Lycan surging to the surface, prepared to tear him limb from limb and damn the consequences. Thomas looked on in the background, Damien moving to defend me from any others that would attempt to intervene on the Elder's behalf. I tightened my grip, listening to the sound of him gasping for breath with
