unfortunate incident later.”
“Marcus? You’re frightening me…”
Her concerned tone, once so effective at manipulating him, now grated against his nerves like claws on stone.
For the first time in his life, the Alpha couldn’t maintain his carefully crafted facade.
He shoved Rachel’s hand away with enough force to make her stumble.
Dragging his Beta to a private corner, he demanded answers, his voice raw with emotion he couldn’t control.
this morning she promised me! She
“What happened to Sarahi? She was supposed to wait safely at the pack house! We spoke –
said she’d wait!!
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His whole body trembled with emotions he didn’t understand.
He couldn’t comprehend why her fate affected him so deeply, when he’d spent years planning to replace her.
But hearing of her death had shattered his carefully constructed world like glass.
The Beta pulled up reports on his phone with shaking hands.
“She definitely took the northern route, Alpha. I’ve confirmed it with the border patrols. The pack house was empty – everyone
was here helping with the ceremony. There was no one there to protect her from the rogues….”
He hesitated before continuing: “The territory border cameras caught her leaving two nights ago – the night you left with Rachel.
She was alone, Alpha. Completely alone.”
Marcus’s grip on his Beta’s collar loosened, all strength deserting him at once.
For the first time in his life, the powerful Alpha felt utterly powerless.
He could barely stand under the weight of realization.
“No,” he whispered, his voice broken. “She said she’d wait. She wished us… no, she wished me and Rachel happiness…”
His voice was so faint the Beta had to strain to hear, even with wolf senses.
Hesitantly, the Beta voiced what everyone was thinking:
“Alpha… did she discover your plans? About Rachel, about Oliver?”
“In her condition – burned, her wolf poisoned – she wouldn’t leave pack protection unless…”
Marcus cut him off violently, unwilling to face the truth staring him in the face.
“No! Impossible! Sarah wouldn’t… if she knew, she would have confronted me. That’s who she is! But she said nothing. Sent no messages. Showed no sign…”
His voice rose with desperate denial.
“I explained everything about the ceremony. She understood! She accepted it!”
“She wouldn’t just leave. I forbid it! She’s mine!”
His next words carried the f
e full force of his Alpha power:
“Find her! Search every inch of our territories! Every cave, every hollow, every shadow!”
“Alive or…” his voice broke before steadying with grim determination, “or dead, I will hold her one last time!”
The last words emerged as a primal Alpha roar that shook the very foundations of the pack house.
