Thaddeus POV
I fucked up; I knew I fucked up. I let my walls down. I fell asleep, as soon as I opened my eyes, I knew they would find me. I shouldn’t have gone home, shouldn’t have closed my eyes for those few seconds which turned into hours. I could feel them getting nearer. Looking at the clock, I see that it is 10 AM. I had to get moving, they wouldn’t be far out. My mates would convince me to come back, and I couldn’t risk her safety. She was safest away from me.
My life has been hell without them. I hadn’t slept in month, and sitting down and resting was the mistake I made. Should have kept moving, stayed awake, then they wouldn’t have found me. Chucking my clothes on, I head for the door. I knew I didn’t have long before they got here. Time slipped away from me and I wasn’t even sure how long I slept but I could feel how close they were.
Moving quickly, I started running. No direction in particular just away from them catching up. I could feel Orion getting closer, feel his emotion creeping into me. Flooding me forcing me to stop. I usually blocked them out. I couldn’t handle their suffering. I knew it was hell for them as much as it was for me, but this was the right choice. Or so I thought when I felt her, felt them suffering along with me.
First it was unease creeping in from her. What was she doing that was making her unsure? Then it was fear, then pounding pain ripping through my skull forcing me to clutch my head. Something was wrong, something had happened. Then suddenly I couldn’t feel her at all, she was gone. Looking around I had no idea where I was, stopping at a sign I read, I was in a town called Forse. Shit, I was 6 hours away from my parent’s house. 6 hours away from her and that meant Ryland and Orion were just as far. Turning on my heel, I took off heading back the way I came my surrounding blurring into a sea of colour I was moving that fast. My heart pounding and dread consumed me. Why couldn’t I feel her? Was she unconscious? Ryland and Orion would have left her in safe hands I know them, they love her just as much as I do. So why was she hurt? Why wasn’t she safe?
Running, I dug my phone out slowing slightly as I rang my mother.
“Hello?” Her excited voice came through to me.
“Ma where is Evelyn? Put her on.”
“I can’t here you, are you running?” she asks. I slow coming to a stop so she can hear. I could Ryland and Orion moving away, heading toward her. They must know where she is.
“Ma put Evelyn on the phone,” I tell her.
“Evelyn, she went into the city to meet Lana,” my mother says. My blood running cold.
“By herself?”
“Yes, Ryland said it was okay” I hang up. Dialling Evelyn’s number.
“Hi, you’ve reached Evelyn Leave your number and I will get back to you” Her voicemail. Either it was off, or she had no reception. Running, I could feel myself catching up to Ryland, feel the pull of the mate bond pulling me towards his direction.
That’s when I felt her wake, her panic coursing through me. My wrists hurting. I could feel everything she felt. My mate was in trouble, she was hurt. Finally catching up to Ryland at Leven when I see him in wolf form before he drops and so do I when pain starts radiating throughout my left foot. My foot throbbing and Ryland groans the pain forcing him to shift back.
Grabbing him, I slam him into the ground anger taking over me. “Where is she?”
“She went to the park to visit Lana, go Thaddeus find her” he says before screaming in agony. I could feel her pain but pushed it aside, her mind was consumed in pain. Letting him go I start running. Just hang on Evelyn I am not far now.
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