Rage filled every corner of Arik's mind, Goliath's joining his own as Liam's pleading struck their bond.
For one terrible moment, there was no border between Arik's fear and Goliath's fury. There was only the mate being dragged away, Liam's terror tearing across the bond, and then the sudden, unnatural distance that followed when the Gate swallowed him.
Arik did not remember reaching Lab V.
He did not remember storming through the lower corridors, down into the basement levels, or the way the wards opened before he touched them because even old stone understood when survival required obedience.
He only knew Liam and the desperate pull through the bond before the absence.
