Chapter 17

Third POV

It clicked with them that Olympia hadn't been seen since morning.

They rushed out, hoping to find her in her room but her room was still open.

“No way she would be inside,” Elliott panted.

They stormed in to be sure but checked everywhere, she was nowhere to be found. Their hearts dropped. They turned to look at each other, shocked, chest heaving.

“We've fucked up!” Elliott cried out, beating his chest. “My wolf is telling me she's–something is wrong with her.” He stammered.

“What should we do now?” Ryder who has always been the non chalant type asked with so much eagerness glowing from his eyes. He grabbed Elliott’s arm, shaking it.

“Come on, tell us what to do.”

Elliott swiped off his grip. “What do you want me to say, I'm still thinking.” He yelled.

Inside, he was breaking at the thought of Olympia but couldn't let his emotions be out. He was bent to seal it.

“No need to pretend, we should go after her and bring her back. You know we can apologize to her, we should drop our pride.” Asher countered.

Each of them wanted Olympia deeply but wouldn't say it out so frank, only Asher, not even Cassius.

“We can even invite her to the meeting with Clinton.”

“Urghh?” Elliott gasped. “An Omega?”

“Who did you want to take along before? An Alpha Female?” Asher countered him.

“Let's leave the argument and mindlink her now.” Ryder snapped, tired of the feud.

Each began to send in their signals but none reached her. Her wolf couldn't be connected, there was no click, no signal. It was almost like connecting to a vacuum.

“Hmm, this is really serious.” Asher sighed. He brought the topic but now was getting tired of trying to connect.

After an hour of endlessly searching for their call girl, they returned in, deciding to check on Cassius.

“We've checked everywhere, I don't guess there's where she might be other than Cassius’ room.” Asher was desperate.

He managed to convince Elliott and Ryder to return with him to check on Cassius. They walked through the hallway in thoughts, their heart tense.

“What if we see her, what should we say to her?” Ryder asked.

“What to say? Scroll the living hell out of her after all father gave her to us so we can tame.” Elliott said, his tone sharp.

Asher and Ryder paused to look, puzzled.

“With someone we're trying to make her forgive us?”

They smirked and, at the same moment Elliott turned pale. They kept walking, this time he strolled in silence, too embarrassed to get into their conversation. Deep within Elliott, he would want to be soft with Olympia but he's not anything similar to being soft outwardly.

Whatever we will say to her, we will.

The three dashed into Cassius' room, he was still on the bed fast asleep with the servant hired to watch over him sitting by the chair beside his bed.

Peeping in, they saw no one. Their hearts dropped, turning to look at themselves with disappointed eyes.

“I knew she wouldn't be here,” Elliott grunted.

“Mark, did she come in here while we were away?” Ryder’s deep voice growled.

“No, your highness. The last time I saw her was late in the morning.”

“Where? Heading to?” They chorused, panicky.

Mark tried to suppress his shock. For the first time, he's seeing these ruthless princes act this way over a girl, an Omega for that matter.

“I didn't ask her, your highnesses. I thought she was just going out on an errand.”

Elliott dug his fingers through his hair, scattering it with frustration. The moment taught him how important Olympia was.

“Let's go find her!” He gave the order to his brothers, once again, they stormed out, going in different directions this time.

Olympia had woken up at the garden in the afternoon, feeling exhausted staying there, she had decided to walk around but that too, she got exhausted and decided to stroll towards the lake, taking the secret exit of the garden.

Covered by plants and trees, tall grasses that stood above her height, it was hard to spot her. She loved swimming, likewise, sitting by the coast, another cool, perfect environment for her.

She sat here till evening.

“Aren't we going back to the palace?” Her wolf asked upon meeting the princes so much.

“No!” She barked, silencing Aria. “I can't go back to people who don't want me.” Her tone was serious, her face twisted into a frown.

They hate her, so she thought.

No matter how her wolf would try to persuade her, even for the sake of Cassius, she refused.

Deep down, she was a girl who just wanted to be loved and not scolded, hated and abandoned. Sitting here at the lake, she remembered how she had wanted to speak out as the voice of other girls abused but here she sat, alone and quiet.

Ryder took the turn towards the garden. His wolf guided him here, though Jon chalant, he observed more than his brothers.

Olympia was secretly an introvert, she's bound to love places like this. He thought to himself.

Asher went to the woods by the east while Elliott checked the library, the sit outs by the palace. From time to time, try mindlinked, asking each other if they have found her.

It was already getting dark, two hours, thirty minutes to meet with Clinton. He was booked already at Royale.

“What happens if we don't find her, report to the king?” Asher asked, desperate.

“As an Alpha? You can't find her? What happened to your senses?” Elliott taunted his brother. Ryder chuckled.

“If we can't find her, we leave and go alone to meet Clinton. I don't even know who said that we have to go with her.” Elliott got pissed. Asher and Ryder ignored.

“That's how he does it but could love her most among us.” Asher and Ryder gossiped to each other, Elliott who stopped getting the mindlink signals.

“Hello? Are you guys still there?”

No one replied to him, what next he heard were screams of joy, from Ryder.

“I've sensed her.”

“Where?”

“Where?”

Asher and Elliott snapped. They were so eager, wanting to just see her right away.

“I just perceived her scent, yet to see her but I believe she's not far away.”

There was a glimpse of hope.

Ryder followed the track down the pathway towards the lake where he sighted from across a girl lying on the coast with arms spread, legs curved. The excitement died down, she was still but blinking. She seemed perfectly comfortable with herself.

“Heyyy buds, I've seen her but don't just know how to approach her. We're guilty already.”

“Remember who she is and who you are.” Elliott said, nothing else. It was enough to say everything to Ryder.

Taking a deep breath, he marched down, disregarding whether he's executing the right attitude or not.

Besides meeting Clinton, they wanted her back, just that they didn't want to accept she could be their mate.

“Heyyy Olympia, what are you doing out here alone? Have you thought that you live with us and we might need you?” He growled, making Olympia jerk out of her relaxed sleep.