Ryder remembered driving Lyra to the Keep and running into Elder Weston and Elara.He vividly recalled that Beta Felicia’s Mate had no first love and had not initiated a divorce,yet Elara had said she was helping with a severance.
And over the past moon cycle,Elara’s presence had slowly evaporated from the Den,systematically replaced by Lyra’s scent markers.
Then,Ryder remembered the day at the Healer’s Den.Elara’s ghostly pale face,the servant’s fearful glances.Ryder grabbed his car keys and burst out of the Den,frantically dialing Elara's number.
The call failed to connect.Instead,a cold,automatic female voice informed him that the number was no longer in service!
