Chapter 7
Rafe
A member of our pack has been kidnapped.No matter how many times I rehearsed in the mirror, I couldn’t get it right. I rolled my shoulders and stared at my reflection. Technically, it wasn’t a lie but it still smelled like it in the air. I had to get it right or we would never get aid from the other packs. We wouldn’t get aid from Pack Law.
Why hadn’t I told her? I pressed my palms into the counter and bowed my head. All of this was my fault because I didn’t want to sway her feelings. I hadn’t wanted to make this about fate, but about her. But now that she was gone, the rest of the pack was going to have to know what happened. Why it needed to happen. I hadn’t wanted to share in case it got back to Jade. All I wanted was for her to feel comfortable. Forcing this lifestyle on her, forcing her wolf on her had been more than I wanted to do. But it was something I had to do. I wanted her to understand that before all of this came out. I wanted her to know that I wasn’t all villain in her story. I wanted her to know that things could have been different if we had time, but unfortunately, that was stolen from the both of us. We could have done things normal, but life was never that way.
The door opened behind me and Knox came into view. His auburn hair was tied up in a loose ponytail and his face was grim. I didn’t look forward to the updates. The updates that hadn’t changed.
“Still nothing. I called Archer to come back home.” Knox didn’t sound like it was something he wanted to do but the trail had run cold. I already knew it though. I had run and run through the woods and all the roads until there was nothing left. I had searched high and low for something, anything, but came up with nothing. I had followed her scent until it ran dry and the only other options were going into other packs. They had passed through other territories and that was why I needed help. As much as I wanted to do it on my own, I knew I couldn’t.
“I have called a pack meeting,” My voice didn’t sound like my own and I wondered when it would permanently stay this way. The growly undertone had appeared the night Jade had been kidnapped and hadn’t disappeared since. My wolf was close to the surface and anything could set him off at this point.
