61. Suicide Mission.

Daphne’s POV.

The last three months had been hectic for me and extremely stressful; I could hardly do anything, especially with my pumpkin of a stomach. I had been expecting my due date to arrive any time from then and I got nervous each day I waited.

The thought of having a child was no longer as terrible as I thought it was before, I was extremely lonely and I craved some company, even if it was a baby.

I could boldly say that my appearance had changed, it had to; I was fucking pregnant with the alpha king’s baby. My hair had grown longer, reaching below my ass as I had not had a haircut or proper hair treatment in months.

My eyes had permanent bags under them from lack of sleep, yes, I had trouble sleeping. First of all, the bed felt oddly empty without my mate beside me and secondly, my stomach was just too damn big; it made the whole idea of sleeping uncomfortable. As much as giving birth to this child on my own feared me, I could not wait to have my little boy or girl out of my stomach; his or her rent had expired.

Not surprisingly, my small stature had forgotten me two months ago and it was safe to say that my breast had gotten a lot bigger and so had my hips. I looked and felt like a walking house, literally.

As promised, Eric had been coming down here to check up on me thrice every month; it was more than enough because he was not obliged to take care of me or help me in anyway but he still did it.

I know how pathetic and weak this made me sound but what else could I say or do? I could hardly protect myself from any type of danger because I was heavily pregnant. I was vulnerable and prone to danger, as much as it pained my soul to say it.

My wolf also abandoned me once I got pregnant which was wrong of the gods to make females that way. Why should we lose the most powerful part of us when we are at our most vulnerable state? Damn, I could not even walk well, not to talk of running from any danger that could be lurking around.

I emphasized on the danger a lot, knowing I had to be extremely careful; this territory did not belong to my people, it belonged to the vampires and knowing a werewolf was on their land would make them flip in anger, especially if that werewolf is or was, rather, the alpha king’s mate.

I really did not understand where Dwayne and I stood now, where we even still mates? I still felt bonded to him in more ways than one which brought in my further confusion. It had been three months since I had seen him and I could not help but wonder how he looked now, had he changed his hair color? Had he grown a beard? Had he gotten stronger without me? I wanted insight on all these things.

I, of course, had a permanent image of him stamped into my head but in my worst nightmares, the image I saw was of he and Emilia locking lips just as I had caught them on the day we parted ways. The sweet dream that happened to be a beautiful nightmare was the day we mated for the very first time.

Just thinking about this dream was painful for me, as I knew that there was a zero possibility that that steamy night would ever be remade. I was far away from him, and I was very sure he was not looking for me; why would he? He had Emilia now, but I still did not understand how he mistook her for me; it was insanely absurd and we looked nothing alike.

Narrator’s POV.

“We have checked everywhere”, Sarah lamented as she jumped unto her bed, “Everywhere”, she repeated, “If I have to serve that asshole of a woman for one more day, I am going to murder her”.

Fredrick, sat on the chair quietly and watched her as she threw her fit. He had been calculating their next move, trying his very best to not lose hope, “It is impossible for someone to just vanish off the face of the earth”, he reasoned with her,

“We have been searching for three months Fredrick”, she whispered, “We have gone to her family house, all her relative’s houses, people who we thought could be her friend. Sooner or later, the alpha king is bound to know about our wild goose chase”.

“Let us hope for the best”, he stood up and sat on the bed beside her, pulling her closer to him by her waist. She placed her hand on his chest and snuggled into him, “We will find her, Sarah, I promise”, he kissed the top of her head and she smiled at him.

They had become very comfortable and cozy with each other during the past few months but they managed to keep it as a secret to the outside world. They did not need anyone knowing about them at the moment, not now when they were on a mission.

Although it was undeniable that they loved each other, Sarah was still in doubt for she believed that the man was too good for her, he deserved better than her. He on the other hand, could not wait to find Daphne so he could choose her and show her off to the world like a prize he had one from an extremely challenging contest.

“Where else can we go to? We have checked the whole werewolf kingdom”, she pointed out, “I also think we have used up all the excuses in the world”, she chuckled, thinking about how they had excused themselves from their duties almost every week to look for Daphne.

“We can still check some places”, he said, “If we do not find her in those places, we will go beyond”,

She gasped, “You mean the vampire territory?”, the witch’s territory was not as dreadful as the vampire territory as they had been struggling to receive extra land for over a century.

Fredrick nodded, “Yes, we have to leave no stone unturned”, he was equally as frightened of the place as she was but he knew they had to do this, at least, he had to do it. It was his duty to the alpha king to protect him and serve him, he would do that till the day he dies.

“But what makes you to think that she would be there?”, Sarah was silently trying to talk him out of this suicide mission; the witches were calm does not mean the vampires would be the same,

“I am not saying she would be there, I just want to check, just for closure”, he stood up from the bed and started to pace round the small space of Sarah’s room, “You do not have to come with me Sarah”, he bent down in front of her, “You have done a lot these past few months and I love that”, he sounded sincere with his words and Sarah began to feel bad,

“No, I am following you”, she placed her hand on his, “We are in this together”, she gave him a tightlipped smile that trembled with nerves.

“That would be lovely”, he smiled back at her and kissed her knuckles gently,

“But you do realize that this is a suicide mission?”, she clarified,

“Absolutely”, they both burst into a fit of laughter at his reply. To other people, they would have looked like lunatics as they laughed over something that was not funny in anyway, but to them, they shared an interest in dark humor and found the situation they were in funny.

“What excuse are we using this time?”, Sarah smirked at him, knowing his reply would be very clever as always,

“You have a funeral to attend, but you will use that one next month when we go to the vampire territory. I will figure out mine and the one we will use for the final search”, he told her and she nodded in understanding. He checked the time on his wristwatch, it was almost midnight, “It is late, I should take my leave”.

Sarah frowned in disappointment, she loved having him around, he was so funny and handsome to look at, “Oh, alright then. Good night”,

“I will be back tomorrow, okay?”, he bent down and gave her one last kiss on her forehead before leaving the room. She wondered how it would be like to kiss him on the lips, just once, maybe a peck on the lips? No, she reminded herself that she was saving herself for her chooser and mate; only he could kiss her in such away and it was a low chance that it would ever be the man she wanted it to be.