Six

Lior drives back to their pack village after securing everything for Eden, his mate hasn't woken up yet when he as he left the house, and he can't help but smile while addressing the other male as his mate. When he arrived at the pack mansion, he saw that everyone was gathering, he already knew why, so he immediately acted unaware of what was happening. After he got out of the car as he parked it nearby and then immediately approached the crowd.

"What's going on." He muttered getting everyone's attention, Lior noticed that his older brother Alaric had returned back from his journey and was standing next to their father where his usual spot was. "Lior, welcome back home, come and join us" Meonil greets his youngest son with smile and gesturing him to come close with them. "When you left last night, have you notice that someone entered our territory? Eden has been missing since last night and no one notice him leaving the pack ground" He immediately asked, surely they were looking for his mate, he needed to start acting innocent right. "No, father. Why did something happen to him?" He asked, the head alpha sighed. Everyone knew that Lior and Eden did not get along, so if the younger alpha saw him, he would probably immediately report to his father so that the latter will get caught immediately.

"Tsk! Eden just ran away because he was afraid to face his fate and take responsibility to what he did to my daughter " Victor suddenly said that everyone was surprised, because what happened at the party the previous day is still being talked about because it is not known which alpha raped Victoria. "Let's not talk like that Victor," snapped Valentine, "you have seen my son's bedroom as if he was attacked by a rogue." He can't help but be afraid, especially since his son is still missing and his family's shame will increase if Eden doesn't face the things he has done. "Rogue? It's impossible for no one to hear if he was attacked, there are many guards at the borders of the pack." Alaric said, Lior's fist clenched while listening to them all.

It seems that he made the right decision to hide Eden from the pack members because he knew that Victoria's parents would insist that it was Eden's fault although Victoria knew whom she eloped with that night, Lior wanted to run and attack the older alpha but he had to stop himself because his mate will be in danger once he revealed himself. "So we need to investigate this carefully, don't worry the moment we see Eden we will immediately hold a wedding." Janice said that she was silent before Valentine, everyone agreed but Lior saw her grin because finally Eden was out of their lives, she can't simply claim his inheritance and power also for her daughter. "Couldn't there be someone who wants to hurt him? We know he's around, it's well planned to hurt or kill him without knowing it." Meonil looked at his younger son and saw that he was glaring at someone in the crowd especially towards Eden's stepmother.

"Are you talking about yourself?" Janice mentioned as she felt the Alpha's stare at her, she was trying to provoke him and Lior knew about it. "I'm not that shallow of a person because of our fighting and It's normal for both alphas like us to fight for dominance, I don't also have a right unless you might have?"

"You!"

"Enough!" The alpha leader shouted, everyone bowed their heads, he had to end the meeting because they might end up fighting here. "Let's just find Eden before something worse happens to him, at the end of the discussion." He ordered using his alpha voice, everyone listened to him, the meeting was over and he left the alpha warriors for the step to be taken. Lior said goodbye and went to his room to rest but in reality he wanted to talk to Eden, so he called him.

On the other hand, Eden just woke up to find Lior gone and only the young man's pillow was her hug. This will be his life from now on, he wondered if it was right for him to go with Lior instead of facing those false accusations against him because he knew on his own that he was not married. He got up and fixed us because he didn't have much to do and he wasn't allowed to go out, so he thought of fixing things. He started to grab his bag, he was only carrying a few clothes, it might be obvious that he ran away if he took everything with him..

He remembered bringing his mother's photo and immediately he saw it, he was stunned when it came with another photo. He couldn't help but be sad when he saw it, a picture of what would have been a happy family if only his mother hadn't died. "Mom," he mumbled as caressing his mother's face, she looked so happy and alive except her hair was falling out little by little. His mother was diagnosed with alopecia, she had gone through a treatment like humans thinking it would help her healed but it got worse maybe because they were werewolves not human. Even returned to his trance when his new phone that Lior gave him rang, he immediately answered the call.

"Hey," he whispered.

"Are you okay there?" Lior asked, Even quickly said yes. "when are you coming here again?" Lior laughed. "Why do you miss me already?" If only the alpha was there next to him, he might have punched him, but in reality, his inner wolf seems to be missing the other alpha's presences. "You're crazy! I can't go out, I just need someone to buy what I want.." he excused, Lior still laughed, "I already brought groceries for you, you're in the kitchen and you'll take care of it, I think those will be good for a month. I'll visit there after this week because we're still looking for you here and we have to be careful." what punishment will be imposed on him, they ended the call and he continued to do his things.