The rumble of an engine stopped me from answering. Dell swerved alongside us and threw the sleek pickup into park. Extending her arm out the window, she slapped the flat of her palm on the door. “All aboard who’s coming aboard. I’m driving.”

“No, you’re not.” He glowered. “We need to be ready to drive out once Ellis and I return. There’s no reason for you to go, not when an extra set of hands could come in handy here.”

Graeson reached for the door handle, but Dell hit the lock button with the flat of her hand. “I’m going, even if I have to hitchhike to get there.”

“Don’t you trust me to take care of Ellis?” He could have reached inside and hauled her out, he was within his rights to punish her insubordination, but he leaned on his elbow in the window instead. “Why is this so important to you?”

Stubborn gold winked in her eyes, and she barely restrained her growl. “Isaac.”

“We don’t have time for a pissing match right now.” I circled the truck and let myself in, scooting next to Dell. “My cousin and aunt are missing, Vause has been taken, and I won’t trust the rest of my family is safe until I set eyes on them.” I leaned over her lap and met Graeson’s unflinching stare, not the least cowed by his newly bestowed alpha magnetism. “Are you coming with us or not?”

“You’re not facing this alone.” With a snarl curling his lip, he prowled around the truck and slid onto the bench seat beside me, resting his arm across my shoulders. “You and I are a team. Where you go, I go.”

Lacing my fingers with his, I held on tight as Dell churned gravel with her tires. With the smoke from the explosion clogging my nose and my heart banging against my ribs in fear for Isaac and Aunt Dot, I let the tears hazing my vision fall.

Where you go, I go.

I just prayed I wasn’t leading him into a trap.

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