Chapter 137
Conrad POV
Jace is riled up within me like he never has been before. The naked body tries to edge closer to me for affection as she giggles, such a piercing sound, it feels like needles are covering my body.
I put my hand around her throat and squeeze until the noise stops.
“What the hell are you doing in my bed, Cordelia?“.
She struggles against the pressure. “We spent the night together, remember. We made love. You chose me“.
I start scenting her and use my full Lycan ability to confirm. She smells nothing like me. Just a slight coating of being in my bed, but nothing of me.
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I threw her out of the bed, and she landed in a heap on the floor. I let out
terror.
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deafening roar, and she screamed back in
She was sobbing with fear and holding her hands out, pleading with me. “You asked me to spend the night with you. We made love. Don’t you remember?“.
I race over to her and wrap my hand around her throat again. I squeeze harder this time and watch her face start to turn red as she struggles against me, trying to get air.
Jace comes forward and stares into her eyes. “You repulse me. You are nothing but vermin to me. I would never in this life or any life touch you that way. My scent is not on you, so I know you’re lying, you have gone too far this time“.
The bedroom door burst open, and four guards piled into the room, followed by Arthur.
He rushes to me and puts both his arms under mine and his hands on the back of my head, trying to force me to release
her.
“Let her go, son. She’s not worth what it will do to you“.
My pressure releases slightly under his force, and some colour returns to her face, but I don’t let her go.
“SHE’S LYING. SHE ALWAYS LIES“.
“I know she does. We can work it out later, but right now, let her go. What would your Moonlight think of this?“.
Those words wash over me like ice. If Cordelia was in our bed. Where was my Moonlight?
I release Cordelia and stand up. She is coughing furiously on the floor, and Arthur helps her up to the guards. They stand around protecting her and are unsure of what to do next.
I close my eyes and connect to our mate bond. It’s empty. It has nothing to connect to. She can’t be dead, as I would have felt that. She’s somewhere outside the territory. Did she see me and Cordelia?
No. She would never believe that. She knows how much I love her. I think back to last night, and I scented her as I went to
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bed. She was definitely the one in the bed. The nightcap had relaxed me, but not knocked me out. I definitely drank more than I should, but I metabolize it fast. I had 4 shots in an hour. I would have known if it wasn’t her.
Someone had taken her overnight.
I jump back onto the bed and try to scent for any unfamiliar scent. I can smell she was in the bed, but Cordelia’s stench is
overpowering it.
That’s when I see it. I saw a small gas cylinder under the middle headboard aimed at both of us. I pull it out and see it is
on a time release.
There was a traitor in the pack. Someone had placed this to knock me out and take her. We never stood a chance against
one of our own.
The panic is rising in my chest. I started to partially shift when Arthur turned to me.
“Son, what are you doing?“.
“I can’t feel her“.
“What do you mean?“.
I’m starting to hyperventilate with fear that quickly turns to anger. “Lewana is not here. She is not in the territory. I can’t feel her. The bond. I can’t feel the bond“. I show him the device in my hand. “Someone has taken her“.
Arthur closes his eyes and checks as well, but I can see from the look on his face that he can’t either.
I mind–link the entire pack.
“YOUR LUNA HAS BEEN TAKEN OVERNIGHT. EVERYONE SEARCH FOR ANY TRACE. NOW“.
I can hear the mournful howls outside as wolves start to panic at their taken Luna Queen. I also called the maids into the room. They appear very quickly, clearly having run to the bedroom.
As soon as I see them, I point to Cordelia. “Scent her. Any item that has a single trace of her scent on it. Burn it“.
They get close enough to scent her and then start going around the room. They rip all the linen off the bed first, and one runs away with it.
I then turned and looked at the guards protecting Cordelia. They’re just pissing me off now.
I use my Alpha Command on them. “GO FIND YOUR LUNA QUEEN“.
They race out of the room, leaving Cordelia on the floor in a pathetic ball.
One of the maids came up to me with a handful of suits. Her face was void of emotion, but I could smell the fear. “Your Highness, I could scent her in your wardrobe. These all smell like her, and I know they are the imported Italian ones. Do you want them cleaned or burned?“.
I snarl back at her. “Burn. Everything“.
I shift into Jace, and we start scenting everything down the hallway. They had to bring her this way. It is the only way to
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leave our bedroom.
I lost track of her scent by the door that leaves Mary’s kitchen. They must have put her in a vehicle.
I see a shimmer in the dirt. I shift back and pick it up. It was her moon necklace. The one I gave her before our first kiss. It had been ripped off her as the chain had broken.
I drop to my knees and scream out in pain. I had just lost everything.
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