It was only a few days after Ida’s arrival, when Mala heard Ida’s voice scream her name down the mind- link. Pure terror and fear could be heard in that one scream, and felt down the line to her. Mala shot out of her chair in the pack house dining room and raced at full wolfen speed towards the girl. She was latched on to the pack tether that was Ida’s, could feel the girl running this way and coming fast. Mala shot out of the pack house and could see Ida running towards her, as fast as she could, her blonde hair streaming behind her as an unknown man was running after her. A complete stranger in pack territory, she could also see three other males behind him, likely his own men, she thought. She did not recognise them either, and she did know everyone here in the pack. Those three men