Liam POV
10 days. 10 days had gone by and nothing. It was like our Luna Queen had vanished from the planet. We couldn’t find any
trace of her.
All magical creatures were looking for her. The Sirens were monitoring the oceans as they would sense her, even if she was on a boat. The Faes had the forests cover, so she wasn’t being kept in a cave or a natural formation anywhere. Even the high priestess from the Phoenix’s Kingdom was monitoring sunlight, so we would get a rough location if she were outside.
Nothing.
This only left one possibility. She was being kept in the human world. She could literally be in any building in any city in
the country, and we didn’t even have a place to start.
We had contacted all the packs and put a reward of $10,000 for any information that led to a lead and $10 million for her
safe return or location.
As soon as the rewards were put out, there was an influx of e–mails and fake information as a way to get money. We didn’t even care. We chased up everything that was sent in, but nothing. No one got any reward, as it has to be useful information, so the intel has slowed down to a stop when no one got money.
I was getting more concerned for Conrad by the day as he had barely slept or eaten since his Luna Queen was taken. He spent most of his days in the gym. Training, as he called it, but he was just pumelling the shit out of the boxing equipment. He was walking around the house in shorts now as well, and he was shifting randomly. He and Jace were no longer in control.
He slams the door open with a sickening thud that makes everyone in the war room jump.
He snaps at all of us. “Any lead on where she is?“.
Everyone looks down and tries to avoid his gaze. They have just been leaving him to me to deal with lately.
“Not since you last asked Alpha King. We are grasping at straws, trying to at least narrow down what city she’s in“.
“Fucking useless. Get Nightstalker on the phone“.
It’s horrible to say, but we are getting used to the abuse at this point. We know it is not him, and we are all holding out hope that once we get our Luna Queen back, we can return to some sort of normality.
I pass him the receiver of the landline. He barks into the phone. “Nightstalker, anything?“.
“No, boss. Whoever has her is keeping it quiet and not advertising her like last time“.
I know Nightstalker is trying to be reassuring, but it’s not working.
“Doesn’t mean that there isn’t an Alpha touching my MATE“.
He throws the phone at the wall, shattering it. That’s the second one this week.
“Why can none of you find her?“.
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“We’re doing the best we can, Alpha King. We will find her and bring her home“.
I can see from the look in his eyes that he doesn’t believe me. He has this constant look in his eye that we are the enemy
and not to be trusted.
We both turn and look when we hear a knock at the door. I go get it and find Cordelia standing there. We told the staff to bring her as soon as her heat was over for interrogation, but I have a feeling she let it drag on a few extra days to try and
avoid this.
I look at her, confused when I see she is practically jumping on her heels with excitement and smiling.
“Finally, take her down to interrogation. We need to know everything from the night you ended up in Conrad’s bed“.
She waves her hand at me dismissively, which pisses me off. “I already told Alpha King he came and got me, and we spent the night together“.
Alpha King stands up and growls at her, which makes her take a step back in shock. Her voice cracks slightly as she
addresses him.
“Alpha King, I have some good news“.
“If it’s not about my Luna Queen. I. Don’t. Care“.
She’s smiling at him like a giddy schoolgirl. “I think you will, though“.
She passes Conrad a white stick that has two pink lines on it. I just stare at her, confused.
He snaps at her. “Why the fuck would I care if you’re pregnant, Cordelia? Some bastard pup isn’t going to save you from
the jail cell“.
“It’s yours, silly. I went into heat immediately after we spent the night together. I’m going to have your pup. I’ll be the mother to the firstborn heir. The royal bloodline is safe“.
She starts rubbing her completely flat stomach, and everyone can sense the mood in the room shift.
Jace pushes his way forward, and I leap in to try to hold him back.
“RUN CORDELIA“.
I use all my strength to try and hold him back, but I can feel myself slipping.
“I WILL RIP IT OUT OF YOU. ONLY OUR LUNA QUEEN WILL CARRY OUR BLOOD“.
Cordelia screams and takes off running down the corridor. Jace has already decided she is prey and fully shifts. He knocks me full force into a wall and cracks a few ribs in the process.
I get up and try to follow in pain, and see he is closing in on Cordelia in the foyer.
She tries to get to the stairs, but he leaps over the banister and stops her.
“Please, Alpha King. For our pup’s sake“.
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This wolf has a fucking death wish.
Arthur suddenly appears without a side door with a gun in his hand and fires two shots straight into Jace.
“NO“.
Arthur then starts battling him in wolf form while protecting Cordelia as she cowers in a corner.
After two minutes, I can see Jace getting unnaturally tired and sloppy. He starts staggering and shakes his head while trying to focus on Arthur.
Arthur shifts back. “That’s it. Easy son. You’re going to have a bit of a rest now, but we will be here when you wake up“.
Jace then collapses onto the floor and shifts back into Conrad. Medics are outside waiting and lift him onto a stretcher to
take him to the medical centre.
I limp over the Arthur. “When the fuck did you prepare a tranq gun? I thought you killed him“.
“I’ve had it stashed for a while now. In case this happened“.
“What the Fuck do we do now?“.
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