But Christian knew what he was doing.. I trusted that he did. I trusted that he understood these kinds of deals more than I did.. I knew that he was suggesting perhaps a different but a better way to have my father on our side for sure. Christian was a good diplomat. He had more experience with those stuff.. And it seemed to had worked on my father pretty well.. "I will not let anything happen to you." It was the first time I saw weakness behind my father's eyes.. I held my breath. I didn't want him to see the weakness and fear on my face. Because I did fear. I feared he would say no. I feared that he would start a war instead. I couldn't let that happen. "That monster Adam.. He will pay for what he has done. "So what will you do?" ~ Christian's POV The straight gravel road seemed endless in that moment. My mind was blank and the only thing that repeated was her scream. The darkness surely swallowed everything but the headlights of my car, but I didn't care. I had to find her. "Are you sure it wasn't just a mistake?" Calliope asked for the tenth time and I was losing my patience. "No. It was Lana that called me. Although I'm not sure if she was aware of it." Putting that into words made no sense whatsoever, but I was only starting to think out loud.. It was the second night since Lana left. I hated that she was doing it on her own, I hated that she had to go through that alone.. I hated that I wasn't near and the thought was eating me alive. I was barely able to sleep at nights no matter how many times Calliope assured me Lana would be safe at her house.. Christ, I found no rest during the days either.. I was either running around the woods or boxing the bag in the basement.. Doing anything to get that frustration and panic out of my system.. And my worries weren't for nothing. Exactly when midnight ticked, my phone buzzing woke me up.. It was Lana calling me so I picked up right away, but all I heard from the other line was damn buzzing, muted voices.. The call was ended with a horrifying scream that shook my bones. It was Lana's voice. I knew it was. And the only thing I had on my mind was to find her. I called her ten times after that. She wasn't picking up. I got in the car right away having no clue where I was even going, and Calliope insisted to join me. I needed no accompanying in such damned situation. I just wanted to find Lana as soon as possible. And my blood boiled with every meter that the we passed. There was not a single sane thought that crossed my mind.. Her father hurting her because she told him the previous day made no sense. She said she stuck to the plan. On the other hand, werewolves such as her father didn't know of limits. And I feared that something might've slipped and that he found out about.. God, how could it be that we lived in such world where I had to fear for her life because I loved her? I was going way too fast to care at that point.. I made Calliope call Lana's phone over and over again, but the fact that she didn't pick up after half an hour of driving left me mad worried. Damn terrified. Either I had lost my mind and hallucinated it all, or something serious had went down without me knowing.. But no, it couldn't had been all in my mind. I was damn sure I heard her voice.. I- fuck, no matter how much I refused to admit it to myself, no matter how much I started hoping it was all in my head, I knew damn well what I heard. "Where are you driving, Christian?" Calliope repeated again, and I could barely even register her words at that point. "I don't fucking know.. I just- I need to find her.." "Where?" She demanded and I was losing every bit of tolerance I had for everyone around me. "Her house! Wasn't that father of hers supposed to keep her safe?!" I banged against the wheel and beeped by accident even though there was no other car on the road.. And then I spoke to myself like a damn lunatic. "You don't understand, she was running.. She was- She can't be at home." "Where then?" The very second she asked that, I felt my phone buzzing in my pocket and I almost let the wheel go that instant. My hand shook like I was no longer able to master my own damn body and the simple glimpse at my phone gave me the urge to stop the car right away.. I still kept going and instantly picked up. "Lana?" The signal was crap again. It was buzzing from the other line.. I barely heard anything. "Christian," My foot pressed against the break the very second, stopping in the middle of the road right when I heard her voice. "Thank goodness you picked up," Christ, my mind stopped in its tracks. It was her. A shaky breathless voice that held nothing but fear, barely recognizable, but it was her.. My Lana. "What's wrong? Are you alright?" "I-" A hiss cut her off.. The thought of her in pain caused the kind of panic inside me that I could barley contain. My head was throbbing. My whole body almost shook that very second. "Lana?" I was nearly shouting. "Lana, where are you, what the hell is going on?"