That's right, the pup his team had retrieved such a short time ago that Zagan had not even had the chance to meet her yet and see what she could do had somehow miraculously returned to her pack. He bit into his lip, drawing more of Zosime's blood to lick off and savor on his tongue. It kept him from growling his denial that any such thing would happen again.
This mystery of the returned Livvy truly troubled him. Who had retrieved her and how did they know the location and how to access it? That was a massive breach. Someone would answer for this, and then Zagan would have to reevaluate everything he had built.
Unless she had somehow escaped herself without any intervention, which had occurred a rare number of times—alyko were unpredictable after all and their abilities had the potential to vary widely—the only thing that would explain this unprecedented situation was if someone inside his ranks was involved and had schemed against him, but he couldn't imagine that happening.