When We Were Mates (Demetra and Emris) novel Chapter 224

Chapter 224

Luna Demetra

Hold that thought and swallow it. I shot Slade up. “Monroe!”

I see him start coming forward with Silver.

“Demetra”

“Whatever you are about to say, make it wait! That’s an order as Luna. I don’t want to be interrupte by either of you two! Monroe, I want you to right now go back to where Laura is staying and arrest her. Bring her straight to the pack house. I want her detained.”

“We are not the fucking Aegis Unit!”

“No, but Emris has a holding cell in this pack house that functions exactly like a dungeon.”

“That’s for Deltas who step out of line, not-

“Monroe”

“Yes, Luna” He walks away to go do as I’ve said.

Slade pushes his hand into his hair.

“The Crestville Pack is going to find out that the Alpha’s daughter is now a prisoner in your pack. How are you going to explain that?”

“She’s a criminal” I cross my arms. “Working with Radius, the Alpha of the Barbarian Pack and they colluded to harming Emris. That’s it.”

“What proof?”

“Both of you, in my room now!” I walk away and I’m the first one through the door. They follow, “Did Monroe not tell either of you that we found the shapeshifter? It’s Radius’s daughter…Ariadne” Not course, he didn’t tell us! Not unless you specifically instructed him to. Explain to me why you left this pack without telling anyone where you were going. What would I have done if something happened to you?” Silver asks.

Nothing happened. So can we stop thinking about what could have been?” I take a breath. “It’s been four days without Expris, and I am losing my mind! For losing it considerably faster because of what I just le

ned, which is exactly why we cannot keep sitting around waiting m Gamma

trols while time runs out I found a group of rogues in those woods. They

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madim Niphared Stone. They knew information we would never have gotten because we g around uniforms that make perqle with information walk away from us instead of toward

“And what did he Qysh my brother?

He said koris has been transported to the Sahara.” I whisper it. Silver takes a step back. Now th tears I had been holding up in my eyed literally start falling as I slap my hand around my mo

“Sahara Silver veys again

“We don’t know if it’s true

“No I shake my head. “Slade, it’s true. I cannot feel my mate close to me anymore, I cannot pick his sent at all, and a darkened–eyed Trybrid loose in West Virginia would have been seen by now multiple times, by multiple people. He hasn’t been! That’s not possible unless he’s not here at all. The picture Lake showed me… Erris was asleep in it. How is it that a wolf with dark eyes is asleep Stone told me there’s a sedative used on wolves in that condition before transport. That’s exactly what that picture was

I see Silver’s face squeeze as I’m speaking. He starts crying, pushing his hands up his face like he doesn’t want me to see it. The same way he tried to hide it from Derisha and me in the kitchen on the first day but quickly wiped his eye when he saw us coming.

“Silver. We’re gonna find him.”

“Demetra, the Sahara den only reveals its location to people who hold an invitation. Only the worst bastards in this world know how to find it.” Slade says.

“We don’t have a choice. We find him.” I say, watching Silver try to compose himself like he knows much more about the Sahara that would make him be crying like this for Emris’s sake.

“Laura has not been around. It’s possible that she transported Emris there–”

“But why” Silver’s voice breaks. “Why Emris, specifically. Radius came for the pack. Somewhere in the middle of that, Lake turned it into personal revenge so he could take the Alpha seat. And now Laura is the one who took my brother into the Sahara. Why are they all doing this to him!?”

“It’s got to be connected Slade says. “Perhaps Radius coming with that second Luna shit was the opening move. Lake taking the Alpha seat was always the real plan. But Laura’s part in this doesn’t Budeanly into either of those plans. Think about it. If Lake genuinely wanted revenge for losing the Alpha contest, there’s no version of that revenge where he leaves Emiris breathing. Noue. Which

he actual plan was likely to eliminate Emris outright, not transport him somewhere to

tic looks at both of us.

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14 the twory else that happens in the Sahara that I do not know?” I ask “Slade-”

1. THE WADA YAVE HAS NAy aneury. How are you got tired? You’ve not even sat down for moon **** $*********. I’m worried, and you should be grateful Dad doesn’t know the full extent of what these tune you pull venething like this-

“I will” I cut him off. I will so you better do everything I say if you don’t want me to do it myself. If something happened to me, no one would be holding you back. So please-”

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