
He started walking the streets looking for that familiar parka and Cale’s distinctive stride. Noel pulled out his phone and stared at it for a good minute, wondering if he should call Holland, but what could the other shifter do? Noel didn’t even know what was wrong yet. Whatever it was that was happening in Cale’s head, it had made him run from everyone. “Cale?” he called out, not really expecting an answer. Noel burst out onto the street, but Cale was nowhere to be seen.

What had put that look on Cale’s face, like he’d just seen a noknika coming for him in the daytime? The beautiful blue of his eyes had almost completely disappeared and, if Noel hadn’t known for absolute sure that Cale didn’t touch drugs, he’d have started wondering if the omega hadn’t gotten into something. Not that it mattered-anything to make Cale feel more at home was fine with him. Everyone they’d met had been friendly enough that he wondered if his parents had prepped the town for Cale’s arrival.

Noel made his excuses to the shifter they’d been talking to and raced after Cale.
