“It’s going to be okay.” Isabella promised. “I’ll make sure of it.”
I wanted to say something in return but for some reason I couldn’t find the will to speak. I felt like I was leaving my entire life behind and it hurt.
A loud piercing howl rippled through the forest alongside the road. I felt my heart tug at the sound as I started to search around me almost desperately for the source behind the sound.
At first, all I could see was an object moving with incredible speed. It was black and moving so quickly that it almost looked like a shadow against the trees. But then for a quick second, the silver moonlight between the trees touched it, revealing thick black fur.
A wolf.
I gasped at the sight.
The wolf was beautiful, so damn beautiful that I couldn’t look away.
I watched in horror as other wolves caught up to him and prevented him from going any further. I winced at the sound of another piercing howl.
I wanted to protect the beast, I wanted so badly to take the pain away. I wiped at the tears as a sudden realization dawned on me.
Somehow I knew, I just knew … the wolf was James.
……….
***JAMES***
“I don’t want to hear it!” I roared as I flipped another table over. “I just want to get to Eden!”
“You cannot go to the council now.” Austin shouted. “You know the dangers; you know what happened to Eden just recently. Let’s get the girl for the Blackners and get them on our side. Once that is confirmed, we will have all that we’ll need for a fair fight.”
I knew that he was right. Despite all the anger and hurt building inside of me, I’d already learnt from my past mistakes. Eden’s safety was still my first priority.
“Where do you propose we start first?” I asked. “It’s not every day you see a lone hybrid just walking around.”
“I don’t think we have all day to sit around here and wonder where we will find her, we need to move now. The village is close and many people will be present there. I say we should start there.” He said as he grabbed a file.
I was going to find that girl if it was the last thing I did. She was the key to me saving Eden and I wasn’t going to let that opportunity slip away.
Oh Eden. My sweet mate.
I’m coming for you…
***JAMES***
“We’ve been searching everywhere.” I growled. “If we keep taking this long to find someone, we will never get to Eden in time.”
Eden’s words were still scars in my heart. Hearing her say those things to me was one of the most painful things that have ever happened to me in my life. And I’ve been through a lot of painful experiences in the past. I knew that I made wrong decisions but not once did I ever do it without thinking about her first. Each step that I took, I did it because I thought it was the right thing for her. She was everything to me and all I wanted was to have her in my arms but I didn’t want to lose her while trying to make that happen.
I knew what I felt and I knew that she couldn’t possibly be thinking of a life without me in it.
We were mates. We were lost without each other.
Even if Eden was willing to give up on us because of our situation, I wasn’t about to. She was my woman and I wasn’t about to let another man take her from me.
“It’s not every day that you see a hybrid woman without a pack.” Austin pointed out as he turned to look at me. He gave me a knowing look; he’d been through this already. He must have known how desperate and hopeless I was feeling right now.
“I still think we’re looking in the wrong place.” Lucas said as he took a bite out of an apple.
What was even the right place to look? We’ve been searching through the village for over three hours now and there was no sign of a woman with both vampire and werewolf b***d in her veins.
Why did Gideon even ask for a woman that was half vampire?
I would have expected someone like him to want someone pure and strictly werewolf. Power was everything to him however; maybe he thought that his grandchild may be stronger that way.
“Where do you suggest we look?” Austin asked.
“If she’s a hybrid who doesn’t have a pack, I’ll assume she’ll want to live deep in the woods. Away from everyone. Like a rogue… Just less insane.” Lucas answered.
He did have a point. Maybe that was why we weren’t getting any luck in finding someone.
“We already searched the entire village with no luck, I say we check the woods like you said.” I agreed.
There wasn’t really anywhere else that we could go looking.
“Look who it is.” Lucas said suddenly. I followed his gaze and stiffened at who I saw.
Archer Blackner.
Why the hell was he still around?
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