I was trying to concentrate on what Dylan, the alpha of the biggest American pack, was saying to me but my mind was on Lottie. It'd been twenty minutes since Reynolds had contacted me saying that she wanted to go for a walk on her own. I had allowed it on the top two levels because I knew that she was overwhelmed with everything that was going on. Suddenly the alarm sounded and my wolf was immediately on alert. I felt the fur bristle on his back as he suddenly prepared himself for the worse. I tried to tap into him to sense what was wrong but he was on edge already and I couldn't get anything from him except an intense amount of pain. The alpha's and there beta's all around me stood to attention at the sharp noise as well, they're eyes glazed over as they contacted their fighters that were outside already. The rebels were senseless if they decided to attack now. We were at an advantage with the strongest pack wolves from across the world, but I didn't want to ruin what we had. "Ryder," Tyson, one of my guards, whispered from behind me. I unintentionally snapped at him and he immediately exposed his neck to me. "What?" I growled at him, not ready to rein my wolf in if he was already reacting timidly. "If there are rebels attacking hurry up and tell me now so I can go and join the fight." Tyson lets out a few tense breathes before he flicks his eyes up to me. "Lottie's missing." Two simple words and I snapped. My wolf snapped. Clothes shredded and within a second I was running on all fours up to Lottie and I's bedroom suite leaving a trail of growls behind me. I didn't care that I was knocking people out of the way. I didn't care for my mother trying to halt my war path to the bedroom as I easily swerved around her. I was going to kill whoever was responsible for her being gone. When my paws landed in the suite my eyes instantly moved around the room as I panted heavily, hoping to see her lounged back on the soft cushions of the lounge. She wasn't. All I could see were her guards and my most trusted friends standing there tensely waiting for my reaction. My wolf had control but I knew I had to shift back. If I wanted to know what happened to my mate it wasn't going to help if my wolf was breaking things out of anger. There were more guards in the room than Lottie's normal ones and when I shift back one of them quickly hands me a pair of shorts even though my nudity was the last thing on my mind. "What the hell happened?" I question in a growl. My body is shaking violently, I knew the slightest thing could make me shift back and go wild. It wasn't Reynolds fault. He did the right thing by contacting me and make sure that we could compromise something for Lottie's comfort. She should have been safe on these floors and I know that she wouldn't have left without having me with her. Reynolds is beating himself up and I can tell from the way he shakes his head. He had grown to be very close to Lottie in a brotherly way, all my guards were close to her but she and Reynolds had a special connection I couldn't deny. "She was gone for about ten minutes and I went to mind-link her to check she was okay, like you had asked and she just didn't reply." His hands come up to run over his face and I noticed the light shake his hands had similar to mine. His wolf was close to the surface as well. "It was just silent, the connection was there but she wouldn't talk back. When she didn't reply we went downstairs, we searched for ten minutes and we couldn't find her and her scent disappeared on the fourth floor." "It disappeared?" All the lower ranked guards sunk back when I growled out the words even louder than before. "Through the wall." His voice was venomous and I knew the exact reason why. My wolf took over then and no one tried to stop me as we tried to get out our anger. There were secret passages throughout to help people escape in an attack. The only people that knew about them were the high ranked wolves of my army, not even Lottie knew about them. She had been taken by one of my trusted pack members and that made me livid. After twenty minutes I managed to stop destroying our suite to shreds and shift back. My knees are on the floor and my heads bowed. My breathing was heavy and laboured. The longer I was away from Lottie the more I felt our connection diminish. I couldn't feel her and I started worrying she might be gone. "Ryder," Reynolds stepped up beside me. "They found her scent in the garage and it moves into the woods." She had to be okay. Things happened quickly, I was fully dressed and in a car following tracker wolfs who were following Lottie's scent in less than a minute. My hands were shaking as I tried to grip the material of the jeans covering my legs. "She's going to be okay, Ry." Reynolds said across from me. "I can't feel her." My voice cracked over the four words. "My wolf is retreating back with her absence." All the guys look to me when I say that. They swallow and nod there head once. There were so many possibilities running through their heads and I didn't want any of them in mine. Reynolds looked away from me and took a deep breathe. "What do you know?" I growled at him and he winced a little at the tone. "You don't want to know." He said under his breathe turning his eyes out the window. I growled loudly and the other guys all tensed further. "She wanted to start trying for pups." He said softly meeting my eyes and I felt my heart drop. "We were talking about it before she left the room. She wants to carry your pup." I shook my head. I felt like throwing up with the idea that I might lose her before I even have the chance to start a family with her. The car skidded to a halt beside another car and kept my thoughts on finding her. There were two wolves knelt in front of the car, a female and a male. The female was shaking and was covered in a layer of dirt, her eyes stayed on the male that was at her side. Travis was one of the castle guards with a high rank, he knew about the passages and he had my mates scent in the car. Once I was close enough I clenched my fist and swung, hitting him in the jaw with enough force to knock him to the ground. The girl, who carried a strong smell of Travis with a mark on her neck, screamed and was quickly restrained by other guards. I didn't give her a second look as I pulled her mate back to his knees with my hand around his neck, my claws already puncturing his skin. "You kidnapped my mate and your queen. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't slit your throat right now." Travis looked me straight in the eye coughing once before he replied. "She said to tell you not to hurt me." He was vibrating unease at losing his queen, his wolf was angry at the loss. Swinging again I knock him back to the ground and my wolf growled inside. If Lottie's last words were to not harm this wolf, than we wouldn't. "Where the hell is she?" I ask pulling him up a little more gently, only a little. "I handed her over to him at a barn a few miles up the road. He said he wouldn't kill her. He just wanted to use her as a distraction." The guards released the both of them and Travis accepted the girl as she threw her arms around him.