Stephen’s POV
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‘Lina will not ditch us, right?’ Thunder asked when I was getting ready for the pack meeting at the Silver Moon Pack.
‘Why are you asking so?’ I asked him after settling my hair. After all, I had to look presentable as I was her mate.
‘Nothing. I’m just worried. What if she kicks us out of her life after becoming an Alpha? We had sent her behind the cell for more than half a day. Remember? Not to forget, she is someone who uses her mind more than her heart. Right now, she is acting all close to us because of the mate bond, and once she gets in power and breaks this bond, then she wouldn’t have any reason to stay with us.’
‘You’re overthinking, Thunder. I know you’re thinking about Daniel’s warning that he had given us yesterday when Lina had left for her room. Then let me tell you that we shouldn’t let other words influence our minds. Trusting her is our decision, proving it is in her hand. Everything will be fine, okay?’
‘Okay.’
‘How do I look?’
‘I’m sure that her eyes won’t leave you.’, he complicated.
‘John, Wade! What is the status of the warriors?’ I mind-linked both of them at the same time.
‘They are ready. All you have to give us a signal when required.’, John answered.
‘Perfect. Does Daniel come to know about anything?’ I asked
‘Not yet. It seems like future Alpha heir is keeping him busy.’, Wade joked.
‘Well, we can’t say anything about it. Today is father’s day, and the fact that his pup is going to play in his arms soon is something that he has never experienced before.’
‘I second that.’, Wade said. After all, he was a father of a toddler.
‘All right, guys. Stay alert and wait for my signal.’, I said before closing the mind link. I walked out of the room after that.
“Mom, Dad, Daniel, Eva, Paige, Aunt, Uncle, Nora, Ryan, guys, we have to leave for the Silver Moon Pack today.”, I reminded everyone through mind link after coming into the living room. After ten minutes, everyone was finally in the living.
“You called all of us here while there’s no sign of sister in law.”, Nora said, glaring at me.
“Hold on! There’s really no sign of sister-in-law in the packhouse.”, Paige said, using her sense.
“And her scent is telling me that it has been a while since she left.”, Daniel said. “Where’s she?” he asked, arching his eyebrow.
“She’s meet us directly at the Silver Moon Pack.”, I replied.
“She sneaked out again?” he asked in surprise.
“Kind of.”, I muttered, shrugging my shoulder. “She has some work.”
“And you let her go?” he asked in disbelief.
“Yes! Neither she’s a kid, nor I’m her nanny. She knows what she is doing.”
“Don’t trust her too much, Stephen, OR you will have to regret it later.”, he warned.
“How much do you know, my mate?” I asked, to which he didn’t reply anything. “Exactly, that’s what I thought. NOTHING. If you don’t know a thing about that, how about you don’t speak a thing about her.” I snapped at him. I didn’t want to say those things to him, but he was saying words for Aleena as if he had known her all his life.
“Both of you,” Mom grabbed our attention. “Stephen, that’s not the way; You should speak with your elder brother.”, Mom scolded me. “And you, Daniel, I know you are worried for your brother, but that doesn’t mean you will keep testing his patience by speaking rubbish about his mate. I know he is your baby brother, but your baby brother is old enough to create a baby…. I mean, he is old enough to handle his mate and his issues. Stop making decisions on his behalf. He will figure out on his own whether he is trusting the wrong person or not, and if you are so interested in poking your nose in life, then get some evidence against Aleena before opening your big mouth.”, She finished shutting the mouths of both the brothers.
“Now, hug each other and apologies to each other.”, She ordered. She might not be the current Luna of the pack, but she was still a mother.
“I’m sorry.”, he apologized, hugging me.
“I’m sorry too” I did the same. I felt him tapping my back.
“I will be the happiest man alive if your trust in her will wins.”, he said in a low tone.
“I know.” I smiled, breaking the hug.
*****
After a while, everyone settled in three SUVs, and two of the SUVs were loaded with our guards. No, not that we had sensed any type of danger or anything, but Eva’s pregnancy had made Daniel a little more protective than before.
‘Where are you?’ I tried to mind link her again because I wasn’t able to contact her either by phone or through the mind link. All I could hear was people crying in pain and begging them to leave her. The last I heard through her mic in the pendant was growling and yelling of wolves, and then SILENCE.
So, I could guess that everything would have sorted well. Because if anything would have happened to me, then my bond would have broken, which didn’t.
‘In your mind.’
‘Thank god, Lina! Do you know how worried we were with the thought that something happened to you?’ I scolded her.
‘Liar. I’m positive that you were not that worried. A part of you knew I could handle it; otherwise, you wouldn’t have let me leave the packhouse in the first place.’, She pointed out the one which I rolled my eyes.
‘By the way, how did it go?’ I asked, thinking about the number of people she killed.
‘I’m not going to tell you in this way. I wasn’t to see your expression when I will share this news with you.’, She replied.
‘Sensing your happiness, I believe everything went well.’, I responded.
‘Waiting to see you soon.’, Saying this, she closed the mind link while I sighed in relief, thinking that our mate had already sorted out the problem. There wasn’t anything to worry about.
The moment everyone reached dad’s pack, Thunder did the first thing which she had wanted to do for a long, look for his mate, but unfortunately, she wasn’t here, even her scent was nowhere near the pack.
Where was she?
I could definitely say that she wasn’t here in the last four hours. In short, from the time the effect of her perfume would have gone, she wasn’t here or even before that.
‘Aleena?’
‘Did you reach?’, She asked.
‘Where are you?’ I asked again, gritting my teeth.
‘On the way to the pack, I will be there in a few minutes. Please don’t be mad. Both Leia and I will be in your arms soon.’
At least she noticed that I was pissed.
‘Come soon.’, Saying this. I closed the mind link. I knew others too had sensed that she wasn’t here when I had clearly mentioned to them that she would meet us here directly, but no one dared to raise that topic because a single word from anyone about her not being here would act as a fuel to my anger.
I looked around and saw there was not a single dead body or not any area that looked like a place after the bloodbath.
If everything was fine here, then where was Lina last night?
I had clearly heard the sound of wolves growling, roaring, and howling in pain. Not just that, even the werewolves in human form were begging and pleading to let them go.
Whom did she kill last night, then?
*****
#TBC