#Chapter 263: Fire and Blood

Gideon

Twenty-three minutes and still no signal from Tessa.

I paced along the edge of the tree line, my eyes never leaving the entrance to the facility. Every nerve in my body was on high alert. Roderick’s warriors were positioned in strategic locations throughout the forest, all of them waiting for either Tessa’s signal or my command to attack.

Through our mate bond, I could feel Tessa was still