Fourteen

Cooper roared as Dana vanished. He felt her panic a split second before she was teleported away. Through the bond, she tried to reach out to him. Cooper let out a growl filled with rage. The only other male powerful enough to teleport her besides her brother was Edwin.

Darin materialized beside him. "Where is she?"

Cooper faced his new brother-in-law and snarled, "Edwin. She locked on him, and he took her. Solon, too. Solon said something about a bunker ten miles north of here."

"Fuck!" Darin threaded a hand through his hair and paced the floor. "The idiot bastard. It has to be a trap for both of us."

The Alpha wasn't making much sense. "A trap?"

"The only bunker I know of in the area is the one Ross used. It must be a family hideout or rogue HQ. I wondered why the rogue suddenly left." Darin pulled at his hair, his eyes going dark. The air crackled around them.

Cooper grabbed the Alpha's arm, drawing a growl so powerful that Cooper almost bared his neck, submitted to the Alpha power. Almost. "Take me to her. We end this. Combine your magic with hers."

Darin shook his head. "Too dangerous. Apart, our magic is unlike any other. Together, it’s explosive. No one would be able to control it."

Cooper didn't back down. That was his mate. "Somehow, I balance her. She focuses better. We are the only ones who can save her and our Packs."

With a sharp nod, Darin teleported them.

They materialized a few feet from a mound of trees and grass. Offset to the left was an entrance. Cooper moved toward it but stopped when Darin grabbed his upper arm. "Not that way."

Cooper studied the male as he turned to move around the bunker. Did it have a back door? "I can't sense her." Cooper's heart rate sped up. He’d thought once he was closer to her he'd sense her. What if...

Darin whirled around and growled. "Stop. And no, I'm not trying to read your thoughts. You are broadcasting them to me, trying to search for her. She's alive."

The other male turned too soon for Cooper to read his eyes. The way he’d said she was alive told him there was something else.

Pushing the thought out of his mind, he followed Darin around the bunker, close to the wall. Darin stopped and placed a hand on the grassy wall. When Cooper stepped close, the other male gripped his wrist. The next thing Cooper knew, they were inside the bunker. Scanning the small room, Cooper spotted Dana curled up in the corner. His chest tightened. Breathing became restricted.

Rushing to her, he cradled her to this chest. When she snuggled into him, he sagged in relief. "Dana, open up. We need to take Edwin out."

She didn't say anything, and he thought she hadn’t heard him. Before he repeated himself, the link to their mating bond opened. Her pain hit him hard. He glanced up at Darin. "She needs a Healer."

A low growl was the Alpha's response. "Link to her magic and teleport back to your Pack. I'll get Solon."

"No." Dana lifted her head. "Give me a minute."

A moment later, she shifted into a beautiful, white and grey wolf. Then she started to…glow?

Cooper lifted his gaze to Darin, who stared at his sister and said, "She's speeding up her own healing ability." Then his eyes widened. "And she's drawing from both Healers."

"Is that even possible? Is it because she’s a charmed wolf?"

"It may be part of it, but I think it’s because she’s my twin and will always be linked to me and Whiskey Hollow. Now that she’s the Alpha of Bloodrose, she’s linked to both Packs.”

Cooper nodded and watched his powerful, beautiful mate.

* * *

Connecting to Piper and Bree at the same time took more effort than Dana realized. But both Healers were more than pleased to help while at the same time annoyed with her for getting hurt in the first place. Dana wished she could hug them both.

She couldn't ask for two stronger Healers. Although Piper wasn't technically hers.

After several minutes that could have been an hour, Dana broke her connections with the Healers and stood on all fours. She stretched and shook. Turning her head, she licked Cooper's cheek before shifting back to human and conjuring clothes at the same time.

"Hi, handsome."

He smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes. Then he framed her face and crushed his lips to hers in a dominating, raw kiss. She moaned and leaned into it.

Darin cleared his throat. "We have rogues to kill."

Dana shook her head. "They are here." She stood and reached for Cooper. He took her elbow, and she leaned into him. "Edwin... Solon turned on me. It was all a trap. Edwin and I fought, magic against magic." Everything that had happened gave her a headache since she wasn't at full power. "The rogue bastard shot me with a ball of magic. When I tried to do the same to him, he used some kind of spell to drain my powers."

Cooper's arms tightened around her. "We need to get her home. She needs to rest, and we need to create a plan."

Darin nodded. "I'll update the council and advise that they spread the word that Edwin has gone rogue."

Dana rested her head on Cooper's shoulder. He scooped her up into his arms, which she was grateful for." "The council has already deemed him rogue, but yes, they need to be updated." She buried her nose in Cooper's neck, inhaling her mate's scent. "Take me home."

"As you wish, my mate."

Darin nodded and placed a hand on each of them then teleported them to Cooper's house.

Once her brother had left, Dana cupped her mate's face in her hands. "I love you. I think I started falling for you the first time I saw you even though I resisted. It just took me a little while to give in."

He kissed her quick. "I love you, too."