Chapter 138
Liam POV
As soon as I heard Conrad yell through the mind–link this morning, I got straight out of the hospital to help him look. I’m still not 100% but she is my Luna Queen and best friend’s mate. No way am I sitting in bed while he falls apart.
The entire pack searches for any sign the whole day. Apart from the necklace at the back door, there was no sign of her.
Nightstalker had reviewed all the footage and security measures in place. Someone had turned off all the cameras from inside the pack house for 22 minutes. The guards that were patrolling the building didn’t see anything suspicious. Conrad doesn’t trust them. They are all being punished for their negligence.
The soldiers who were at the gate were as well. They should have noticed something. He found tire tracks in the forest leading to a part of the fence that whoever had taken his girl had destroyed. They could have easily gotten a car or a small
van in.
Conrad stormed into our conference room, which had been turned into a mission headquarters to find her. Screens, maps, ideas, and people we hired. Any intel we could get and any ideas or plans we had.
He looks at me as I enter. He is in nothing but shorts and covered in mud from running the entire border of our territory. He was trying to see if the bond picked up at any point to give him a direction.
I ask him despite already knowing the answer. “Nothing“.
He shakes my head and sits down.
“So what do we do now?“.
He answers very bluntly. “Interrogate the entire pack“.
I know he is hurting and desperate, but I need to try to get him to think clearly. “We can’t interrogate 1500 pack members effectively. If we did one wolf at a time for one hour for 12 hours a day, it would take four months. We need to narrow it
down“.
He starts growling and stands up to leave. “Cordelia“.
I rush over to get him to sit down. “You have already tried to kill her once today. How about you let me do it“.
Through gritted teeth, he snaps back. “Fine“.
We start walking up to her room, but I stop him. I’m hoping what I am about to do calms him down a bit. I pass him a jewellery box.
“One of the elderly in the pack was unable to help with the search but wanted to be useful. I sent her to the jeweler to repair the necklace. And clean it. Thought if you wear it, you can have a bit of her with you and you will have it on you to give it back when we find her“.
He holds it in his hands like it is the most fragile thing in the world. He carefully puts it on and then pulls his forehead towards mine for just a second.
He then steels himself for the coming conversation. We get to her room and don’t even knock. We are both instantly
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knocked back by the overpowering scent of hormones. She was in heat.
It was a strange sensation. Normally, Valen will run to any she–wolf in heat who will have him, but even he recoiled
instantly.
We hear a whimper come from her. “I need someone to help me relieve the pain“.
She was asking for sex. Not a chance she was getting it from any member in this pack.
Conrad just yelled at her. “Not a chance“.
We both slammed the door shut and tried to breathe again. We put guards on her door and tell them she is under house arrest until we can interrogate her. She has to know something. No way did she end up in bed with him by accident.
I think for a moment and remember that she’s an idiot. If she did have any part in this. It’s what Daddy told her to do.
We go to the prison block and walk up to his cell.
Anthony smirks as he sees us both. “I heard the howling. Are you two in a bit of crisis?“.
This gets a rise out of Conrad instantly, and he starts screaming through the bars. “You son of a bitch. WHERE IS SHE?“.
He is acting as casual as anything. “What do you mean? Is someone missing?“.
I take over as Conrad is clearly not going to stay calm. “You know damn well Lewana is missing. Strange that the night our Luna Queen goes missing, Cordelia sneaks into his bed“.
“Oh, how wonderful. I knew you two would get along eventually“. He’s actually smirking, the bastard.
“Wonder if you will still be in such a smirking mood when she is in a cell next to you. She is currently our number 1 suspect, so will be tried with treason“.
He falters slightly, but he clearly still has cards to play. “I’ll tell you what. I’ll make a deal. You give me complete immunity for any crime in my past, in writing and signed first. Then I will tell you everything I know“.
Conrad snaps at him. “I’m never making a deal with you. You would never tell me everything, and I doubt you’re high up enough to know where the wolf who took her is holding her“.
That’s when the facade cracks. He thought Conrad would be so desperate that he would do anything to get his girl back. Even making this bullshit deal. It tells us all we need to know.
This was his backup plan. He knew time was running out, and he was going to be detained. This was his plan to get out, which means the other side is willing to sacrifice him just as he is willing to rat them out. He might know something small, but nothing of value for that deal.
He starts yelling as we leave. Something about him has information he has, but neither of us trusts him enough for that. His word is useless.
It’s getting dark now, and we head back into the main hall where all the councilmen and councilwomen are waiting for us.
Valerie approaches slowly. “Alpha King. We checked the rules. Lewana technically doesn’t need to be here to cast the vote. And we are unanimous on our decision. Will you let us vote?“.
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He takes his seat on his throne and stares at the floor as they vote. Not the announcement ceremony we were expecting,
but it’s official.
In the morning, every pack will know she is the Luna Queen. Every pack will know she was taken from us all. Every pack
needs to do everything they can to get her back.
