The Wolf King's Luna

CHAPTER 19

DAMON.

The sounds of running, and hurried feet wakes me up before the door slams open.

Melissa and Faye barge in, terror and panic radiating from their whole body.

"what-"

"She is gone."

"She was kidnapped."

".... a letter in her room…"

"... abandoned in the woods..."

"... blood stains…"

"...foot prints…"

"ENOUGH!" I roar.

It is enough to shut them up.

"Good, now take a breath and start from the beginning. Faye, you first," I order.

She takes a deep breath before starting.

"I went to wake Catherine up this morning and found the room a mess. All the shopping bags were all over the place but she was not in the room. That is when I saw the window open. I jumped down and followed her scent to the woods."

"I came in not too long after," Melissa cuts in. "I noticed the same thing but also saw a letter in the dressing mirror. It was an apology, nothing more," she says as she hands me the note.

I am sorry.

Just hearing what she is saying makes me grow cold.

"She ran away?" I ask numbly.

"We are not sure," Faye answers.

"What? Why?" I ask in hope.

"I tracked her scent to the edge of the woods and found some of her things on the floor," she says as she drops a shipping bad on the desk

"We bought those yesterday," Melissa says. "she was very insistent on them."

"So what? Did she run or was she kidnapped?"

I don't wait for the response, I race out of the study, shouting back at them.

"Faye, show me the way," I orderedorder.

We both shift the moment we are outside the mansion, and through the woods at top speed.

Soon we arrive at the left border, a group of wolves already waiting there.

"Alpha," Ryder greets as I shift back.

I look down at what they are gathered around. A crevice with a blood stain on it.

Catherine's blood. her scent mixed with an unfamiliar one.

"I have patrols going out of the border searching for her," he says.

"How was she able to get to this place without anyone seeing her?" I demand.

"That is why I think she was planning on running away," Melissa says as she walks up to me.

"What do you mean?"

"I noticed her being focused on the patrols and land layout as we were driving out and driving in yesterday. I just thought she was trying to get familiar with the place."

"I also noticed the same. When I took her for a stroll, she kept asking questions about exits and entrances. I thought she was just worried for her safety, you know, because of her strange behavior. So I was very open and transparent with her. I am so sorry Alpha," Faye says

"So, what you are saying is, she planned on running but was kidnapped? In my pack?" I growl.

The cowed heads are response enough.

"Where are those that were on duty for this route last night?" I ask.

Four men walk forward, their heads bent in submission.

"Ryder," I snappedsnap.

"Yes, Alpha."

He quickly has them bound and sent to the dungeons. I don't have time for them right now.

I need to find Catherine.

"Why would she leave?" my wolf whimpers.

"I don't know but I intend to find out."

"Which way did the wolves go searching?" I ask Ryder.

"Up the stream, across the crags, and into the city."

I turn to Faye and Melissa.

"You two are the most familiar with her scent, take the city and the crags, and I will take the Riverside." Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

"No," Melissa says.

"No?"

"The stream leads to the Skylight Pack, you are not… in the right frame of mind to handle them."

"Neither are you,' I retortedretort.

"I know. That is why Faye should go."

"Me?"

"She has limited exposure to them and as such can control her reaction," Melissa continues.

"You do realize that I also hate the Skylight pack tight?" Faye says.

"I do. But you are the chillest among us there now. I am not saying you are calm about this, just that between us three, you are the best choice to handle them."

"Fine."

"Ryder, inform my mother. She is in charge of the pack affairs and you are in charge of the security. The whole pack is on lockdown until I come back. No one goes in or out. Have the other wolves search the grounds, it is a large territory, they might still be here."

"Yes, Alpha."

I give both Faye and Melissa a nod before we all shift and head to our different destinations.

I am coming Cathetinee, just hold on.

CATHERINE.

The first thing that makes me realize I am in trouble as I slowly wake up is the agonizing smell of wolfsbane and silver.

Mixed together.

It is enough to make me want to throw up.

The second and third thing is the heavy cloth over my head and the chains around my hands and legs.

Silver chains.

They burn.

Last but certainly not the least is the cacophony of screams, sobbing, and whimpering as well as the stench of blood and death.

Where am I?

I try to struggle but the chains on my bare skin bring that endeavor to a sudden halt.

"You are awake," a voice murmurs just from behind me.

I twistedtwist my neck to the sound of the voice, completely surprised by the fact that there was someone so close to me and I didn't even sense them.

"Mhmm. MhmmMhmmmm."

"Don't try to talk," the voice continues in that low cadence. "There is no point. You are going to die anyway. Though I suppose I should thank you. I had just gotten your name yesterday and I was trying to figure out how to find you, only to see you shopping with the sister of the demon wolf. Very high friends you got."

His voice is low and lifeless, just a dead drinking thing that makes the hairs on my skin stand at alert.

"Thank you again for making your abduction so easy. I didn't have to risk myself or any of my men in breaking into the mansion. Easiest job I have ever had. "

"Mhhmmm, mmmhmm."

"I am guessing you are asking what I want from you. Nothing. You are just a job. It is a pity I have such impeccable honor. If not I would have battered you to Damon for a higher price, but alas, here we are. So you know who asked for your death?" he asks, tone completely indifferent.

"I will give you a hint. She is blonde, she is a bitch and she is powerful."

It is not hard to figure it out.

Tammy.

How did she know I was alive?