The Wolf King's Luna novel Chapter 19

DAMON.

The sounds of running, and hurried feet wakes me up before the door slams open.

Melissa and Faye barge in, terror and panic radiating from their whole body.

"what-"

"She is gone."

"She was kidnapped."

".... a letter in her room…"

"... abandoned in the woods..."

"... blood stains…"

"...foot prints…"

"ENOUGH!" I roar.

It is enough to shut them up.

"Good, now take a breath and start from the beginning. Faye, you first," I order.

She takes a deep breath before starting.

"I went to wake Catherine up this morning and found the room a mess. All the shopping bags were all over the place but she was not in the room. That is when I saw the window open. I jumped down and followed her scent to the woods."

"I came in not too long after," Melissa cuts in. "I noticed the same thing but also saw a letter in the dressing mirror. It was an apology, nothing more," she says as she hands me the note.

I am sorry.

Just hearing what she is saying makes me grow cold.

"She ran away?" I ask numbly. 

"We are not sure," Faye answers.

"What? Why?" I ask in hope.

"I tracked her scent to the edge of the woods and found some of her things on the floor," she says as she drops a shipping bad on the desk

"We bought those yesterday," Melissa says. "she was very insistent on them."

"So what? Did she run or was she kidnapped?"

I don't wait for the response, I race out of the study, shouting back at them.

"Faye, show me the way," I orderedorder.

We both shift the moment we are outside the mansion, and through the woods at top speed.

Soon we arrive at the left border, a group of wolves already waiting there.

"Alpha," Ryder greets as I shift back.

I look down at what they are gathered around. A crevice with a blood stain on it.

Catherine's blood. her scent mixed with an unfamiliar one.

"I have patrols going out of the border searching for her," he says.

"How was she able to get to this place without anyone seeing her?" I demand.

"That is why I think she was planning on running away," Melissa says as she walks up to me.

"What do you mean?" 

"I noticed her being focused on the patrols and land layout as we were driving out and driving in yesterday. I just thought she was trying to get familiar with the place."

"I also noticed the same. When I took her for a stroll, she kept asking questions about exits and entrances. I thought she was just worried for her safety, you know, because of her strange behavior. So I was very open and transparent with her. I am so sorry Alpha," Faye says 

"So, what you are saying is, she planned on running but was kidnapped? In my pack?" I growl.

The cowed heads are response enough.

"Where are those that were on duty for this route last night?" I ask.

Four men walk forward, their heads bent in submission.

"Ryder," I snappedsnap.

"Yes, Alpha."

He quickly has them bound and sent to the dungeons. I don't have time for them right now.

I need to find Catherine.