“She does,” I replied helpfully. “Dell kidnapped me once. In a black SUV.”

Both of them turned to look at me.

Mai flung a disgusted sound in Lam’s direction then tossed a plastic bag at my chest. “Do what you do, and be careful. Call if you hit any snags.” She slanted a glance at my dopey grin. “Did you wipe her too?”

“I’m a self-preservationist. What do you think?” He tipped an imaginary hat and grinned at me. “Hold on, Blondie.”

The car shifted when Mai slid behind the wheel. She leaned over, snapped my seat belt and hauled the door shut, jarring my elbow. “We have to be long gone by the time he works his mojo.”

“Mojo,” I agreed dazedly, wondering who she was talking about.

Seat belt on, Mai cranked the car and revved the engine. The tiny car spun out, and my head hit the seat rest. That warm, fuzzy feeling lapping over me evaporated in the nine-point-three seconds it took her to go from zero to sixty.

Clutching the plastic bag to my chest, I reevaluated my religious beliefs as we sped back to where we’d left Dell and Thierry. My weight slammed forward, eyes squinching as we came to a gut-lurching stop. No sooner had I caught my breath than the door wrenched open and Thierry gripped my arm.

“Something’s wrong with Dell.” She took the bag and helped me out. “One minute she was pacing the road, the next she hit the asphalt screaming Ellis.”

Dell didn’t call me Ellis. She never had. But there was one warg who did, and he was plugged into her head.

I bolted for the rental. The rear doors were open, and Dell’s tall frame spilled out either end. I ducked inside and checked her pulse. Steady. She groaned and stirred, curling around my arm.

“Cord,” she moaned. “He’s gone.”

Ice encased my spine. “What do you mean gone? Gone where?” I pushed tangled hairs off her damp face. “Dell, what’s wrong with Graeson?”

“I don’t feel him.” Rocking, she pressed her face against me. “The pack bond… It’s gone.”

My spur emerged without thought, and I barely restrained myself long enough to get permission before taking Dell’s blood. The shift ripped through me, and I gasped as platinum hairs dipped in inky blackness sprung from my fingertips to shoulders. Never had the change swept over me so far so fast.

A hazy golden glow encased Dell, and her stream of consciousness fed into mine. That was the only indication I had the pack bond was active. There were no other voices, no other lights, no other thoughts.

“Graeson.” I sent a thought reaching for him only to have it smash against a mental wall and rebound on me. “Where are the others?” I focused on Dell. “Why can’t I hear them?”