Contract Marriage With Alpha Snow novel Chapter 314

Chapter 314: I Lost Him

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Chapter 314

~Zara’s POV~

Before I left the house, I thought my biggest worry was Snow finding out I took Storm without telling him. That alone would have been enough for him to put me under house arrest for a week.

But now?

Now, Storm was gone.

And if Aira found out... I might as well have dug my own grave.

I searched frantically, my breathing uneven as panic clawed at my chest. My eyes scanned every corner of the park, desperate for any sign of him. But he was gone.

"Kane," I whispered, my hands shaking. He had taken Storm.

"Astrid?" I called out internally, trying to reach my wolf again. The silence that met me made my stomach churn. "Astrid, please... I need you."

For a moment, there was nothing. Then, a weak pulse, a familiar presence flickering back to life.

"Zara..." Her voice was faint but present like she was fighting through something.

I gasped. "Thank the Moon Goddess. Where were you? I tried calling for you!"

"I don’t know," she admitted, her tone laced with exhaustion. "Something blocked me. It was magic. Someone did something to you and I couldn’t connect with you. It was like for a moment you were gone, Zara."

"Gone?"

"Yes. Dead. Out of this world but I lost contact. They did something to us."

I swallowed hard, remembering the cloaked figures, the chanting, the energy that crackled in the air. Whatever that was—it wasn’t normal.

"Astrid, can you track Storm?"

"I can try, but whatever took me away is still lingering... It’s making it hard to focus."

Damn it.

My head spun, my heart hammering so hard I could feel it in my throat. My eyes blurred as tears threatened to break free.

I could already envision Aira’s anger when she found out. It wasn’t something I could hide from her anyway.

Fuck it!!!

"Storm?! Baby, come on out. Auntie is here." There was no sign of him. I asked a few people if they had seen him and I was met with the same shake of the head.

"God!!"

I ignored the stares sent my way and continued searching for little Storm. Then, a sudden roar of an engine broke the silence.

A black Range Rover screeched to a stop near the park entrance, and before I could even register what was happening, Snow was already out of the car, running toward me.

The moment he reached me, his arms wrapped around me, pulling me tightly against him. His warmth, his scent—everything about him screamed safety. But I didn’t feel safe.

Not when Storm was missing.

Snow pulled back slightly, his hands gripping my shoulders to steady me while my head moved, eyes scanning everywhere as he looked me over, his sharp blue eyes filled with worry. "Zara, are you okay?"

Tears welled in my eyes, and the guilt crashed over me. "Snow... I—Storm was... I was with him and then—"

"I know," he said softly, cutting me off. "He called me."

I froze. "What?"

Snow nodded and explained. "Storm called me, Zara. Said you weren’t moving. Said you were just standing in one place and wouldn’t answer him."

My lips parted, my mind struggling to process. "He... He did?"