The Hunted Wolf – Chapter 42
MARK
The whole world seemed to stop around me for a moment as Zayla’s words sunk in. If Adira was pregnant, that meant that I was going to be a father. I hadn’t really thought about what that meant exactly. I had just been so focused on trying to start my future with Adira, but I didn’t really know what that meant. I loved her and wanted to be with her. She was my family, and I never wanted that to change. I knew I wanted a future with her, and one day I wanted kids, but I didn’t anticipate that day to come so soon.
If it came. I had to get Adira back before a future with her could start. This was so much more now than just saving my mate. I had to save my mate to save my pup too. The world was spinning suddenly, and I needed a moment. I stumbled back and sat in the patient’s chair behind me.
ow it didn’t feel real.
,” Zayla said.
k my hea
rs. “Adira wouldn’t lie to me about something like that.”
he luna. We talked about growing the wolf pack, but we never talked about growing our family. I didn’t even know if she wanted kids herself. Maybe she knew, but she was too afraid to bring it up.
e didn’t say what, but I ended up getting pulled away with pack business. I never did get back to her.” My heart hurt at the thought. My mate needed me at that moment, but I couldn’t give her even a few minutes. If she knew she was pregnant, she would have been dealing with thi
air, frustrated at myself. Adira was pregnant and alone. I couldn’t protect her or my family, and she had to deal with all of the emotional implications on her own. The anger started building inside of me again. I had to find her and protect her and my pup.
put her hand on my shoulder. “We’ll get them back, Alpha.
ng down. She wasn’t the type to comfort others, so this meant more coming from her. After taking a deep breath, I stood up, knowing nothing would get done if I just sat there.
with that serum.”
Of course, Alpha.”
eyland, Mason, and Rie discussing the paths for the search
expand the area of searching,” Reyland said, pointing at the white board that had information written all over it. “If we start here and slowly bridge out, it will take too much time to find Adira.”
further than this at the moment,” Darian said. “And if there is a chance she i
e to know we are going to search for her. They planned everything out too meticulously to make such a simple mistake,” Mason argued.
ect from us. What if they want to hide in p
side with Reyland. I wanted to do whatever it took to find Adira, but I knew that was just my emotions raging currently.
ments, but until then, we have to work with what we got. We just have to make it as fast and efficient as possible. I think we all want Adira back right now.”
mpromise I can live with if everyone else is okay with that
land thought about it for a moment.
and pup being away from me any longer. I wanted to be there to support Adira and make sure she was safe.
d me up and do
search, so I swallowed the news.
o one filled with realization. “If Cain is truly involved, I know someone who doe
.
d.
”
the gut. “You and Luna Freya aren’t mates?”
e for power, not love.”
mprehending this information, but out of respect for his alpha, he didn’t say anything. Rie reached over and grabbed his hand.
with the search.”
course. If it will help br
then and see if she has any ideas about where to look.” I looked at Rie, Mason, and Darian, remembering the conversation Scythe and Rie had with me earlier. “I trust the three of you will do what’s best when it comes to the
ing the search parties informed and going?”
me proud to have her as a beta, and I was grateful for her for making the logical decisions when my brain was too clouded to think properly.
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ADIRA
e waking up here. Without my magic, I was having a difficult time reaching my subconscious plane where I had become accustomed to speaking with Shadow and Moon.
d to me.”
een hours since I’ve seen her. I can still feel her presence though.
ell if she’s hurt or anything?”
ut she’s here. I feel her fighting, but she can’t seem to emerge. It’s lik
’t tell what they were made of, but the door was telling. It was a metal door, and it reminded me of the handcuffs Theron had used on me to suppress my powers.
, even in the hallway.
actually escape.