Zevran.
I was in a eting with the mbers of our board and my brothers concerning the shift of power when suddenly, I felt a sharp pain lance through the back of my left knee.
I winced quietly, gritting my teeth; But when I looked up and found my brothers also sporting uncomfortable expressions on their faces, I instinctively knew that this was not a coincidence.
The last ti I felt sothing like this was when Kael was in an accident... well, scratch that, it also happened when Leilani was sick, and now, I couldn’t help but be afraid that she must be in so sort of situation.
Danger perhaps?
I looked up quickly, my heart racing as I turned to the girl speaking and said; "Please excuse , I have an urgent call to make."
And at my words, everyone on the table turned to look at . However, while everyone else nodded, my brothers cocked their eyebrows at . And I knew that they were just as restless as I was. Just as antsy...
Goddess, please protect Leilani... even from .
’Do you feel it too?’ Caelum’s voice suddenly seeped into my head and I frowned, nodding slightly at him before walking out of the room.
’I do. What’s happening?’ Kael responded coldly, his voice hoarse and flat, sounding through the mindlink like dry ice on sandpaper.
’I think it’s Leilani. I want to call Gavin to ask about her.’ I responded quickly, just as I slipped into my office and went to stand before the glass to ceiling window overlooking the city.
My heart raced as I picked up the phone but just as my fingers hovered over Gavin’s number, Kael’s voice ca again. He ordered;
’You should call Frostclaw. He’s been with her the entire ti.’
And that... that made still for a mont. It made feel sowhat uncomfortable, nervous and irritated.
—Because call jealous, but it was one thing to know that she always spends a lot of ti with Frostclaw and another to acknowledge that fact myself.
Hell, even the thought of her with him still makes so jealous, and it was infuriating—to say the least— that now, we’d resigned to accepting his existence, especially since knowing that he was actively pursuing her.
I gritted my teeth in anger, and even though I really didn’t want to call him, my worry for Leilani overrode my pride. I sighed. "Okay." And with that, I dialed Alpha Jarek’s number instead.
He picked up on the first ring, his deep baritone seeping through the speaker as he drawled; "Hello?"
"Alpha Frostclaw, it is I, Alpha Zevran... one of the Stormborn brothers, and I am sorry if I am calling at an inappropriate ti but—"
"Leilani isn’t here." He cut in, his voice sharp and cold, almost rude.
I gulped down the biting words I was tempted to say to him. And Heavens... sweet heavens... the only reason I was letting him talk to this way was because I was really, desperately worried about Leilani.
Nothing more.
Exhaling deeply and counting to five in my mind, I finally managed to answer coldly; "Oh, yes! She’s the reason I’m calling. But I do not wish to see her or talk to her..."
But as soon as those words slipped out of my mouth, I instantly regretted it and tried to rephrase; "Now wait, that didn’t co out the way I intended for it to. What I an is that, we’re still mates and can still feel each other through the bond sotis."
"And?" Jarek snapped, his voice dripping with disdain.
Goodness, I wanted to punch his face. I wanted to smack his head into the closest wall.
*Deep breaths, deep breaths*
"...And I was in a eting earlier when I felt her fear and pain. I think she’s in danger and you’re the closest person to her that I know of... and that’s why I called you."
At my words, Jarek made a startled sound.
When he spoke again, he sounded... different. A bit warr. He asked; "Are you sure?"
"I am extrely sure." I answered quickly, "I had to slip out of my eting to make this call. So please reach out to her and let know how she’s doing when you do." I said and with that, I quickly hung up before I would say sothing else that I wasn’t supposed to.
My hands now had gone clammy, and even though I no longer felt that rush of panic and pain like I did monts ago, a strange sensation still coursed through my spine, sending goosebumps spreading along the back of my neck.
I stood there for a mont, puffing out air through my mouth, but just when I decided to slip back into the eting room, my phone began to ring and I froze when I saw that it was Alpha Frostclaw calling.
Is she back?
Has he found her?
I picked up the phone so quickly one would think I was in a: ’watch grab it,’ competition and rushed out; "Alpha Frostclaw."
"I don’t think she’s fine." His voice ca next without a preamble.
He sounded... confused. Desperate. Scared. My heart began to race. "I just realized that she left her phone with and I’ve been trying to reach out to her security guard, but it’s been impossible."
"Isn’t she still at the hospital?" I couldn’t help but ask as I felt my throat go dry, and Hell, my panic tripled when he whispered;
"No. Her discharge papers were signed today. I even dropped her off at ho earlier before returning to work... and now, she isn’t even picking her house phone. Her security isn’t responding. I don’t know what’s happening."
That was the last thing I heard. I couldn’t even bring myself to respond as I let the phone clatter to the floor.
In one last desperate attempt to inform my brothers of what was happening, I mindlinked them to tell them what Jarek had just told ; And with that, I rushed into the closest elevator, imdiately forgetting all about the eting.
I drove like a mad man to her house, actively bypassing every traffic rule possible. My limbs shook when I stepped out of my car; And goddess, I knew that I shouldn’t be here. I knew that she would hate to see , that coming here ant disobeying the restraining order that she had filed against my brothers and I.
But I didn’t have any choice.
"You don’t have to do too much. You can simply leave as soon as you find out that she’s safe." My wolf advised, and with that thought, I began to march over to her front door.
However, I had just taken a few steps forward when I noticed a body laying behind her parked car. A startled cry left my lips and I rushed over, freezing when I saw that it was a strange looking young man.
"Hey, wake up!" I yelled at the boy but he wouldn’t move. By the gods, his breathing was shallow too.
I vaguely rembered Frostclaw talking about ’a certain security’, and fearing that this might be him, I let go and ran towards the front door.
It was locked.
Goddess, it was locked.
My heart began to beat so fast, I feared it would jump out of my skin. My body shook so much, gosh... What the fuck is this?
I felt the corners of my eyes sting and I knew then and there that I was about to cry. A whole Alpha like was about to cry? For Leilani?
Yes, for Leilani!
I was that worried about her.
—And it wasn’t until then... until I had pounded on her door for several minutes nonstop... that I caught a whiff of sothing weird in the air.
I crouched slowly to the threshold of her door where the scent was the strongest: it was her sll alright, but with a tinge of sothing. Sothing that slled like... tranquilizers and... and silver.
My heart shattered at the thought and throwing my head back, I let out a loud cry before frantically running back to my car.
Leilani was in danger.
And there was only one person I suspected to be behind this: Chalice.
"Leilani is missing!" I inford my brothers through our mindlink, "...and please, one of you should call 911. There’s an unconscious man by her door. And he needs to be saved!"
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