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With shaking hands, I picked it up.
Rhyson. I am so sorry. By now, Juniper has told you what I strongly suspect. My father has taken so much from us. I won’t let him hurt you anymore. I can go back to him. I know he won’t hurt me because of the baby, not when he thinks he can use our son to manipulate you. I’ll get him to confess, and then you can call the court for his execution. I want you to have closure, especially now that this new life is ahead of you. Your sister is wonderful and so is your mate. It’s everything that deserve.
you
I’ll be in touch when I can. Nyx.
“What the fuck is she talking about? My mate?”
“Shit. She thinks Gemma is your mate. She said something about Gemma being your queen,” Juniper growled. “I was going to correct her, but then she told me her father killed your parents, and I got a little sidetracked. I know there was a time when Gemma thought she was your mate. Did you bond with her just now?”
“No,” I snarled. “Fuck, I think Elonso called her my mate last night, He must have learned that everyone expected us to be mates, but Gemma is not my fucking mate. That’s why we were fighting to begin with. She wanted to leave the pack to find her mate, and I told her she was too fucking young.”
None of that mattered. Using the radio, I got in touch with London. “Nyx is gone. I want everyone looking for her. Could she have left your pack undetected?”
“No,” London responded. “Give me a minute.”
The minute felt like an hour as I thought about what I was going to do to Nyx when I got my hands on her. No way was I letting her go back to her father. I didn’t need evidence or court to rip the man from limb to limb. What I needed was her safe in my arms.
“She left in one of the jeeps you came in with. My guards let her through because they assumed she had permission to leave.”
“How long ago?”
“Thirty minutes.”
Thirty minutes. I looked at my wolves. “Let’s go.”
We followed her tracks for hours, my wolf growing crazier and crazier by the second. Then, when I smelled the smoke, I knew why.
There were dozens of wolves on the scene, all drowning out the original scents, but they were
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keeping the fire from spreading. Duke hadn’t even put the car in a full stop before I jumped out, the blood draining from my face. The jeep had smashed into a tree, and it was a blazing inferno.
“This your fucking truck?” one of the wolves shouted. A woman nearby, a witch, blasted water from her hands to douse the remaining flames. “You could have set the whole goddamn mountain
on fire.”
“Where is she?” I whispered.
“Did you hear what I said?”
“Where. The. Fuck. Is. She?!” I roared as I unleashed my power. Every wolf in the vicinity, including my own wolves, crumpled to their knees. The witch paused and blinked at me.
“You have our attention,” she said slowly. “Although I don’t think you’re going to get much from the wolves if you don’t release them.”
“There was a woman driving the jeep. Is she injured?”
She shook her head. “The vehicle was abandoned. I’m an elemental witch, and I sensed the fire. It couldn’t have been burning more than five minutes before I got here. No one was here.”
“Please,” a wolf wheezed.
Staring down at the young man, I released him, and he gasped for breath and pointed. Turning my head, I saw the metal spikes in the road.
Nyx hadn’t gotten into a car accident. Someone caused this. Either someone was just waiting for some vehicle to dismantle and steal, or this was a targeted trap. I pulled in my power, releasing all the wolves as I walked over. Immediately, the smell of blood hit me, and my wolf keened.
“Leave,” Duke ordered. “Anyone who does not have information on what happened here needs to leave immediately.”
Everyone took off except for the young man. He slowly got to his feet. “Blonde man,” he coughed. ” Shifter. Not from here. He’s been marking this territory for a few days now. Fancy clothes. Fancy phone. Often had it on speaker phone.”
I stared at Nyx’s blood and fought for control of
my
wolf.
“He’s not a kill-the-messenger kind of wolf,” Juniper said with a friendly smile. “He only wants his woman back. Tell us what you know.”
“He reported to someone that two girls were still alive. Two important girls. Maybe they were two of yours,” the man said timidly and cleared his throat. “And whoever he was talking to called him Champ.”
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Champ. My wolf ripped out of me, and the kid took off running. My own wolves took a step back.
Bruce had sent his beta to kill my sister.
Nyx’s tormentor had her.
“I smell her blood,” Duke said in a calm voice. “We can follow it, but you know what would be better? She’s your mate, Rhyson. Accept that bond and find her.”
Whipping my head toward him, I growled. I knew that Nyx was my mate, but I couldn’t bond with
her.
“No, she can’t bond with you. There’s a difference. You’ve spent two years hunting down Marrow’s killer. You’ve built yourself an entire kingdom with you at the helm just so you could avenge him, but you were born to be king, Rhyson. You were born to protect. You need to accept that this isn’t just a crown you’re using. It’s a crown that you deserve. And Nyx is the queen to be by your side.”
Opening my mouth, I roared. I let my wolf unleash everything and gave him complete control, and then, as I focused completely on Nyx, I felt the warmth spread through my chest.
My mate bond.
Fuck! It was there all along. I just had to fucking accept it. Snapping it into place, I ignored the fact that it didn’t seem to go anywhere. I knew it wouldn’t connect me to Nyx.
But her wolf was a different matter. I was her king, and her wolf was mine, bond or no.
Duke cleared his throat. “Got it?” I chuffed. “Good. You follow your bond. We’ll follow our noses. Let’s go get our queen.”
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