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Writer's POV 

King's office...!

"I have sent the pup to her parents... Now I think we should send some trackers to track where the other pups are... Then we'll go rescue them!" Ray said.

He had told his father how they found the little girl in the woods.

His father nods and turns to his beta.

"Send five trackers now!"

"Yes, your Majesty!" He replies and rushes out.

 The king searches for a file among his heap of files and drops it in front of Ray who quickly reaches for it and read through... A frown appear on his face.

"Dad, this is war strategy!"

His father nods and plays something on his phone.. a recording.

Ray listened until the end and his frowns deepens.

"I don't understand!"

"Your Mom record that, the seer told us all these!"

He slams the file on the table and slumps onto a chair in front of his father's desk.

"And you guys believe him?!"

"Yes and no!"

Ray stays silent and glares blankly at the files.

"We don't know if he's lying or not, but we have to take precautions... That I have made some plans..."

He picks the file Ray angrily drops and glances through it.

"Go back and get your boys ready... with Lorenzo around, I'm sure there's be war soon!"

Ray nods and gets up.

"My mate is alone, I should get going!" He said and head for the door... not waiting for his father's reply. 

"Alpha!" The guards greets him with a bow as he opens the door to his mansion.

He simply acknowledges them with a nod.

"Did my mate leave the mansion?" He asked.

They shake their heads.

"No, Alpha! She's being inside all day!"

Ray nods and opens the door.

"Baby, I'm home!" Ray announces as he steps into his mansion.

But he's met with silence, his voice echoes back to him. He takes off his shoes and wore a pair of crochets .

"Baby?" He calls one more time.

He frowns when he still doesn't get any response.

Could she be asleep already? He wonders. He head for the stairs and enters their room, his eyes goes straight to the bed but it's empty.

He walk towards the bathroom and opens the door, still empty.

He reaches for his phone and dialed her number.. after waiting for a few seconds, her phone starts ringing.

But surprisingly, he hears her ringtone blaring from the living room... He rushes downstairs and sees her phone on the table. 

Where did she go?

"Mind link her" Zeus suggested.

He mentally smacks himself for forgetting about their link. 

"Baby?"

No reply.

"Baby?"

No reply.

"Stacey?"

Still no reply. He groans and blocks the link.. he frowns.

"I didn't offend her.. why is she blocking me?" He thinks out loud.

Then a thought strikes his mind and he quickly mind link Josh.

"Alpha" came Josh's voice.

"Is my baby with you?"

"No, Alpha... is anything the matter?"

Ray didn't reply him before he cuts off the link.. then he sent Dylan a mind link too.

"Dylan"

"Jealous Alpha" Dylan replied.

Ray growls at his statement but didn't bother you much..

"Is my mate with you?"

"Stacey? No"

He cuts off the link.

Could she be hiding somewhere in the mansion? But why would she? 

He decides to just check around... His legs move towards the kitchen and he stops abruptly when his eyes settles on the back door.

He narrows his eyes and walk closer.. the door is open. He opens it wider and steps out.

"Baby?!" He called.

But no one answered.

"Stacey?!" Still no answer.

He growls loudly and calls on the guards.. the guards all find their way to the backyard.

"Alpha!"

Ray turns to them with a very harsh glare.

"Tell me, who was guiding this door?!" He asked.

All the guards shake their heads.

"Not me!" They all said.

"I sent you here to protect your Luna.. which means you must guide every corner of my mansion Ray growled

He grabbed the guard closest to him and throws him to the ground.

"Now tell me, where is my mate?!" He growls.

They all take steps backwards...their heads bowed, too scared to lift their heads or even say anything. 

"I'm asking a question... Where. Is. My. Mate?!" He roars.

The guards nudges each other, silently arguing who will speak first.

"Answer me!!"

"W-we.. w-we.. don't.. know....." 

"You don't know?!" Ray cuts off the guard who manages to speak up.

He points at them, setting his lips on a thin line.

"You all don't know... She slipped past all ten of you!" 

He paces back and forth as he pulls on his hair harshly.

"How come nobody was guiding this door?! How foolish can you be?!"

"Now's not the time for scolding.. find mate!" Zeus said.

He glares at the guards.

"Go now, search everywhere!"

"Yes, Alpha!"

He steps back in the house and slams the door shut.

"Karl, send some trackers over to my mansion.. quick" He mind linked Karl.

"Yes, Alpha"

He blocks Karl and opens his pack link.

"Everyone look carefully, your Luna princess is missing" He growls.

"My sister is missing?" Josh's voice came in his mind.

He blocks him off without replying and kicks the small stool in front of him.

"How did this f$ucking happened?!"

Stacey's POV 

I don't know how long I've slept, I slowly open my eyes and groan as I hold my head.

"You're awake?" A little boy's voice asked.

I shake my head sideways and blink my eyes... A boy of seven or eight squats in front of me.

"Mom, Luna is awake!" The boy said.

I smile and made to gets up but something refrains me... with a frown I look down and notice I'm tied against the foot of a bed.

I gasp. 

"What's going on?" I asked.

I tried to untie myself but couldn't, then two ladies crawl towards me.. the little boy rests against one of the ladies.

"Don't try, you'll only hurt yourself, Luna!" One of them said.

"Luna?! You know me?"

They both nod.. including the little boy.

"We're from crescent moonstone pack!"

"Then why are you here? I mean, why are we here?"

They sigh.

"We're held captive here"

"Captive?" I asked as if to confirm my ears.

They gestures me to look around, I look around and sees other women and children... their hands tied behind their backs.

Some are blindfolded...

"Some of us have been here for two weeks now... and some were brought in today!" Of them explained.

Then I recalled that little girl telling I and that her friends were taken away... I guess they were brought here. 

But how come some of them have being here for weeks and nobody notices?

"Luna, save us!" The little boy begs me.

I flashes him a smile and nod.

"Don't worry, I'll find a way to get us out of here!" I assured him.. he nods.

I close my eyes and calls Ray through our link.

"Ray?"

Silence.

"Ray?"

Silence.

"Rat?"

Still silence. I open my eyes and frown, is Ray purposely blocking me?

"Luna, you tried to use your mind link just now?" The boy's mother asked.

I nod and she shakes her head.

"I'm afraid you can't use your mind link, we've all tried that before!"

"Why can't I use my link?" I asked.

"We've been injected a very large dose of wolfsbane...the wolfsbane in our system won't wear off anytime soon!"

My eyes grows wide. If I can't use my mind link, how can I inform Ray of my location?

How can I get him to come save all these people?

"Do you know who captured us and brought us here? Have you seen him?"

They shake their heads. I sighed... this is bad!

"Oh! Now you know it's bad... why didn't you stay home and be a good girl?!" Karen growled loudly in my head.

I rolled my eyes, at least she's still here and I can shift if worse comes to worst.

"Don't think you can shift... The wolfsbane is too strong for me!" She said.

I shut her off.. everyone in this room is looking at me like they are expecting me to do something about our current situation.

I clears my throat.

"I'll find means to get us out of here!" I assured them.. whereas I'm not even sure how!

Writer's POV 

King's palace....!

Ray paces back and forth, waiting for the trackers sent out to tracker Stacey's scent.

The big doors burst open and the Rivera's brothers rushes in panting heavily.

"Alpha, has my sister been found?!" Josh asked Ray.

Ray simply stares at him and looks away without saying a word... Dylan balls his fist.

"Alpha! My brother is asking... Where is our sister?" Dylan growled.

Ray snaps his head to him and narrows his eyes... He takes slow steps towards Dylan but Karl rushed to stop him.

"Alpha, calm down, he's just worried about their sister..."

He cuts Karl off with a growl.

"She's my mate! She's carrying our pup! Do you think they're more worried than I am?!"

Josh drags Dylan back but Dylan scoffs and puffs out his chest... He look straight into Ray's eyes.

"I don't care if she's your mate.. all I know is, I want to see my sister!"

Josh smacks Dylan on the head and pulls him back... Ray glares at Dylan, fighting so hard to stop himself from ripping his head off his neck.

"I see the Rivera's" brothers wants to revolt!" Ray growls.

"No, Alpha! We're just worried about our sister!" Josh explained.

The king bangs on the table and everyone turns to him.

"Have you all forgotten I'm still here?!"

"Sorry Alpha king!" Everyone.. except Ray ...chorused.

Just then the trackers comes back with their heads hanging low...mere looking at their expressions, Ray already guessed what they wanna say.

"Alpha king, Alpha prince!" They greeted the king and Ray respectively.

"What did you find?" The king asked.

"Nothing, Alpha king...Luna princess's scent leads us into the woods and then it vanish..no scent at all" one of the trackers report.

Ray growls loudly and punches the closest person to him... Henry. 

Henry groans and holds his jaw but didn't complain.

"You're all useless!" He roars angrily.

"Go now! Keep on searching..search everywhere and anywhere, leave no stone unturned... make sure you find her! I want you to find my mate before dawn!" He orders and marches off angrily.

The king quickly send Karl after him.. the queen sitting next to her husband begins to cry silently as different scenarios flashes through her mind. 

"Henry take more fighters and go with the trackers, don't come back until you get a clue!" The king commands.

"Yes, alpha king!"

Josh stepped forward.

"Alpha king, I wanna go with them..."

"Me too!" Dylan cuts Josh.

The king sighs and nods.

Karl stand in a corner and watch Ray destroy everything in his living... glass shards everywhere.

Ray pulls the TV off the wall and throws it across the room.

Karl sighs deeply, he can feel how sad and scared Ray is.. so he doesn't bother to stop him.

Ray looks around for something to throw but everything is destroyed... He runs his fingers through his hair and pulls them angrily.

"Baby, where the f$ck are you?!" 

Karl clears his throat.

"Alpha, how about you take a bath to cool down?"

Ray sniffs the air and perceive a foul smell..he traces where's coming from and realize it's from their room.

He ignores Karl and hurried upstairs.. taking the steps two at a time. 

He opens the door and steps in, his eyes look around but found nothing out of place.. his gaze then lands on the bed.

A small note laying on the bed.. he quickly picks it up and reads.

"Your mate is with me... But I can't guarantee how long she'll stay alive...your uncle, Lorenzo"

He squeezes the note and threw it randomly.

Lorenzo's POV 

I smirks as I watch his expression from the tree... this is what I wanna see... He should feel frustrated for stealing from me.

My phone beeps.

"Sire, the little girl has helped the prisoners escape!"

"What?!" I hang up quickly and dashes off into the woods.