Chapter 61 Chapter 65
ALPHA XANDER'S POV
I've never heard Donovan this quiet in his entire life since I first met him when I was five, and running through the halls with my nannies following me around. He has always had something to say, but this time he chose to keep all his crazy thoughts to himself. I couldn't say I was complaining.
The only noise in the car was that of the engine running. The pain in my chest had intensified, reaching levels I didn't know possible. If there was ever a physical representation of what it was like to have the life squeezed out of your heart, then it would be what I was experiencing right now. I held back the growl that was making it up my chest, Donovan's hands tightened on the wheel.
The issue at the pack was under control and things have gone back to normal, as normal as they could after an attack like that, totally unexpected. Save for those that were injured, no one actually died which was very impressive seeing how we weren't prepared.
God knows that was the last thing on my mind after I realized what was happening. I remembered picking myself up and with what little strength I had, and punched Donovan in the face.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?" he'd screamed in my face, his eyes widened in shock. He'd definitely not expected that and it gave me much pleasure.
"You've lost your fucking mind." My voice was surprisingly calm as I gritted out. It was a total contrast to the rage that was rippling inside me. "You linked her to me!" I growled out. It wasn't a question. He didn't say anything which angered me more.
It clicked in my head what was happening to me after he told me she had crossed the border. I should have known he was up to no fucking good when he decided to help her, he had this in mind. Why was I even surprised? I should expect the worst from him. "You healed her with your blood, what the fuck did you expect?!" he snapped, glaring at me like he had a right to be angry. "Do you fucking hear yourself?" I lunged for him but he ducked.
"Are you going to stay here and fight with me when you know damn well I'm not sorry about it, or will you try and go look for her?" he called out, already by the door of the room. He slipped out immediately but I called him back using my alpha voice. He stopped immediately and cursed. "Xander,"
"You're coming with me," I'll deal with him later but I really needed to find her.
"No fucking way, I'm not going on a dog hunt with you." He muttered, giving me a distasteful glare.
"Too fucking bad, I'll be by the car." I said with finality. I couldn't drive when I was feeling like someone was playing with my heart, so
it had to be him. There was no way we would get to her fast enough if we decided to go on foot. This was the smarter option. And I needed somewhere to fucking tie her to when we got to her.
"Be there in five minutes." Was all I said to him before going out, expecting him to do as he was told. He'd appeared in the garage five minutes later with that frown on his face and asked which car we were using.
"The truck." I replied coldly.
That was probably why he was not talking but I didn't fucking care for his bad mood. If he were not my brother I would have killed him for what he had done. It didn't mean he wasn't going to be punished though, I just had to find Adriana first and fucking deal with her.
If she wasn't kidnapped.
The voice in my head reminded me. I grumbled in agreement, something telling me it was not going to be that. Either the people that took her did it extremely clean, or she followed them on her own, or the most realistic. She left by herself.
There wasn't any other scent beside hers in her room, so it couldn't be the first two options. The part of me that recognized her as my mate simply refused to believe she would run from me, hence the delusional option of her being kidnapped. I remembered thinking that the first time she ran after her father gave her to me, I didn't want to accept that she had run so I fabricated a story in my head about her getting kidnapped by my enemies.
I wasn't going to make that mistake now. I'd mindlinked the guards in the dungeon and asked if Aiden was still there. He was fucking lucky I'd gotten a positive response, she wouldn't have been able to save him this time. I didn't know who the fuck was going to save her from me when I got my hands on her.
The closer we got to the external border, the less my chest hurt. She was close, which was the only explanation for that. The car jerked before coming to a stop, I turned to Donovan as he killed the engine and he shrugged.
"You don't know if she is alone, better to not alert them." He mumbled and got out of the car. He was still in his bitchy mood because I dragged him out. I would have cared if I gave two shits, but I didn't.
We continued up the trail on foot. I listened for any sound around us but it was deathly quiet for a few minutes until we almost reached the start of the road. I sniffed the air, feeling a little calm when I smelled her, there was no one else with her.
The relief turned into anger when I confirmed to myself that she wasn't taken and that she ran away, again. Donovan felt the change in the air because I heard his steps slow, I didn't care. I could smell her, hear her heartbeat close and that almost drove me mad. The animal beneath my skin stirred.
A growl ripped from my chest, breaking the silence in the still air. I smelt it then, the tangy smell of her fear and it made me fucking
hard.
She was going
regret this.