I drove into the palace, torn between bothering Pandora or not, but I decided against it since I now had a baby to also worry about.
“Hello, where’s the Queen?” I asked the butler who came to welcome me from the door.
I took the warm towel he offered and wiped my face. I missed this house. It smells so much like an actual home and not like mine that just feels like a box.
“The Queen stepped out to the airport. The king is arriving today so she went to get him home.” The butler informed me and I nodded my thanks.
I went upstairs and sat down in the room I had previously occupied when I was still new in the pack and trying to find my feet.
My meeting with Eric bugged my mind, and I felt like it wasn’t going to be so easy to keep him and his childishness away from my baby. I was going to do this on my own rather than stay with a man who does not have any iota of respect for me.
“Would you like anything to eat or drink ma’am?” The butler peeked through the opening of the door that I did not close properly.
“Yes Mr. Butler” I answered, my mind preoccupied with how I was going to explain to my parents and convince them that there was no need for Eric and his family to know about my baby.
I heard the bustling downstairs and I heard Rolan’s voice, I expected to hear Pandora’s squeals of delight. When I did not hear her, I put on her slipper and walked downstairs to welcome the couple.
“Hello, Kiara. It is such a pleasure to have you here. Where’s Pandora? So it was because you came around that she forgot that she was supposed to pick me up from the airport?” Rolan teased and laughed, I was eager to join him but then realized that he thought that Pandora was in the house.
“No Rolan, the butler told me that Pandora was on her way to the airport to pick you up on arrival from your trip,” I replied, wondering where Pandora went if she did not go to get Rolan from the airport.
“Did you try her cell?” I asked him.
“Yes I did, but she has not picked up her calls since I landed. We have spoken multiple times today too, and she didn’t mention that she was going anywhere else.” Rolan said and the worry began to take a toll on his facial expression.
“She said she was coming to the airport. I think we should trail her back to the airport. Maybe something is wrong, or maybe she just went somewhere and lost track of time.” I suggested, trying to get rid of the dread that suddenly filled my abdomen.
“Okay then. That’s a good idea. Griffin!” Rolan called out.
“Yes boss, I am right here” Griffin answered from behind him.
“I am going to the airport to look for the Queen. I want you to take ten of your best men and comb all the ice cream shops. She has had a sweet tooth since we got into the second trimester of the pregnancy.” Rolan ordered Griffin and then turned his attention to me.
“You can wait here, Kiara. I’m sure it is nothing serious.” He urged me as he removed his jacket and rolled up his cuffs. He picked up his car key and a gun from one of the drawers.
“No, I will go with you. I would rather not wait in the palace” I replied, and he nodded his head to give me the go-ahead that I could follow him.
I got into the car with him and prayed silently to the moon goddess that everything was fine with Pandora and the babies. She has never been unreachable before.
As we drove close to the hospital, we saw a familiar car. It had the same plate number as the car that Rolan was driving. I called his attention to it, and we parked beside the road, just behind the vehicle.
“That is Pandora’s car.” We both chorused and rushed out of the car, recognizing the plate number.
“These are all Pandora’s things in the car,” I said and picked up Pandora’s phone and handbag.
“Something is wrong. And I do not like it” Rolan said, and his usually soft demeanor was replaced by a stone-cold killer. He was so angry, that his skin turned red with fury.
He took out his phone and dialed a number.
“I will send you a location now. Round up your men and converge there. The queen is missing. I have found her car and every other thing intact. You have twenty minutes to get here and get me the CCTV footage of all the sections that cover the location that I will send to you.” Rolan ordered and ended the call without waiting for a response.
“Rolan, is everything okay?” I asked, scared to admit that there might just be a possibility that someone tried to hurt the Queen of white moon pack.
“I think Pandora has been kidnapped and…” His phone rang, interrupting what he wanted to say.
“Hello” he replied gently, and I heard a woman’s voice from the other end of the line.
“Is that Pandora?” I asked.
“Pandora? Where are you? I waited for you for hours. Kiara was also at the house, they told her that you came to pick me up, but when I got to the house and said I had not seen you, we panicked. Where are you, my love? Did something happen? Are you okay? What of the babies?” He asked, his voice filled with worry and very tense.
“I have been kidnapped by Uncle…” We heard Pandora say then a loud slap rang out followed by her groans of pain.
I looked at Rolan and knew that whoever did that just made the worst mistake of his kidnapping career. Rolan was going to eat whoever was responsible and raw.