(Cole P. O. V)
I sighed, glaring down at the paperwork in front of me. It contained the details of the latest search for my mate. We had failed to find her once again.
It has been more than 5 months since they kidnapped Nikki and we were not able to find a clue about their whereabouts.
For a few weeks, someone gave us some clue about whereabout to find her, I don’t know who but I was grateful to him or her.
But it all goes to waste when we reach there only to find an empty building or ground with the smell of my mate in one of the tents or a basement, it was like they knew that we were coming for them before we even reached there.
It only means one thing either someone is playing with me or there is a traitor in my pack. But I will bet on the last one. My thoughts were interrupted when I heard a knock on the door.
“What?” I shouted with a growl.
“Alpha, we have got another clue,” Richard the warrior who leads the search party said peeking inside the office.
“Show me,” I said getting up from my seat and walking toward him.
“We found it, on the doorstep of the pack house when we were returning from our search,” he said passing a paper to me.
“A bridge in a hollow,
And a hundred going over it,
No blacksmith, nor mason,
nor carpenter built it.” I read it aloud for him.
“What does it mean?” I wonder.
“It said a bridge no one built, and still people walk in it,” Richard said looking lost in his thought.
“Aroze river or now known as the Frozen River,” Dad said walking towards us.
“But how can we know what river he is talking about, it’s winter right now, and at this season all the rivers were frozen, so how did we know which river he was talking about?” I ask him.
“Do you know, I and your mother used to tell you about the story of the spiritual moon coven which was extinguished 100 years ago, there is a river near that coven which was frozen forever since the day Vampire’s and Rogues attacked them, no matter what the season is it was always frozen to the core, it was also that it was the purest and clearest rivers of all, you will find it easily, I will find out the location for you guys, but just give me a day to find it, until then why don’t you have some rest and get ready to leave tomorrow,” dad said and we nodded our head at him. They walk out of my office.
“After a few days, We will have our mate in our arms,” I said to my wolf.
“Only if they were, really there,” my wolf said with a whimper and I sighed in exhaustion.
“Let’s hope we find her this time,” I said and walked towards my room. I take a hot shower and get dressed. I grab the only t-shirts which have her scent because her other clothes have my scent because I have hugged them while sleeping so many times that her scent was covered by mine. Her things were the only thing that kept me sane while she was away from me.
The next morning my father comes into my office with the map in his hand and guides me and Richard the way to the coven. It’s not far from the Crystal moon pack, ruled by Alpha Xavier, I called him and informed him about our arrival and gathered our pack’s warriors to leave for his territory. We decided to take un-mated warriors only because the full moon is coming and all the mated wolves will go crazy if they don’t have their mate by their side and the other mated wolf who is coming with us has female warriors as their mate.
If you are wondering, how did I survive the full moon after she gets kidnapped then let me, tell you they made me unconscious and chained me in the dungeon so that I didn’t create havoc in the pack-house. That has been the most painful full moon night of my life.
It took us a whole day to reach there when we reached there Alpha Xavier was already waiting for me.
“Thank you so much for having us here, Alpha Xavier,” I said shaking hands with him.
“It’s my pleasure to have you here, Alpha Cole, please come in,” he said inviting us inside the packhouse. I order my warriors to wait and walk inside his office with my father.
“So what brought you here?” Alpha Xavier asks me and I explain everything to him.
“I have seen some vampires roaming a little far away from my pack territory, but I didn’t pay much attention since they didn’t come anywhere near my territory but, know I know why they were here, my warrior will help you if you going to need them,” Alpha Xavier said to us and I wanted to go there immediately but knowing my warriors were tired of running so long with minimal rest I know I can’t, and besides I must be well rested too so that I can kill those f**kers and get my mate back.
“Some Omegas were waiting for you outside my office, they will show you your rooms,” Alpha Xavier said to us and we walked out of his office. The Omega shows us our room, and I go to the washroom to take the much-needed shower. After a shower, I dried myself, got dressed, and got inside the bed with one of Nikki’s T-shirts.