Ashley crouched low, biting her nail as she racked her brain, her body trembling with tension.
"Think… think, Ashley…" she urged herself.
She had to narrow it down. Eliminate the places Nathan was least likely to use. She did not have much time, and she could not afford to waste it searching blindly while her mother remained trapped somewhere unknown.
To find her mother, Ashley knew she had to think like Nathan.
But what if it wasn't Nathan hiding her mother at all?
What if it was the Yorks'?
What if, after taking Ashley and her mother back with him, Nathan had only pretended to return her mother safely, only to send her back to the Black Mountain Pack, to teach her another lesson?
The possibility felt far too real.
And the more Ashley thought about it, the more her fear swelled.
