Chapter 8 Chapter Eight
I watch as Malakai shakes his head, with guilt filled eyes. Why does he keep playing with me? I take a couple steps back from him. Malakai grabs my arm, trying to keep me close. “No.” I scream startling him. “Do not fucking touch me. You do not get to touch me anymore. If you don’t want to be with me, then I don’t want you touching me, and I don’t want your stupid cabin.” I throw the keys on the floor and run outside.
Running through the ankle-deep snow is harder than expected but I don’t stop. I run down the long path towards the road. I am such a fucking idiot. We will never have a happily ever after. The cold stings my face as tears begin to fall. Halfway down the narrow gravel road I have to take a breath, running has never been my strong suit.
I hear the faint sound of tires in the snow, and I take off running again. My lungs burn from the harsh winter air, I gasp as my lungs struggle to keep up. I strip down, throwing my clothes to the side of the path. Shifting quickly, I run into the woods, disappearing down an unfamiliar path, as Malakai approaches in his car.
\-Malakai's POV-
“Leilani come back” I yell as Leilani takes off through the front door. Where the hell is she going? Sucking in a deep breath I take off after her. I turn the car around in the small driveway and head down the path towards the road.
Snow begins to fall from the gray clouds above, filling in her footsteps. Leilani, where the hell are you going? It’s freezing out here. The fresh steps suddenly come to a stop. I look around frantically hoping to catch a glimpse of her.
No sign of her anywhere. Fuck, Fuck, Fuck. Jumping out of the car I inhale deeply trying to catch her scent. “LEILANI.” I yell. As I’m getting back in the car, I see a glint of green by the passenger side of the car. Her dress.
Running to the passenger side I yank the green material from the snow. Her boots and stockings are here too. She shifted; shit she could be anywhere by now. I look around searching for a wolf print, nothing. The snow is falling heavily, covering any tracks that might have been here.
I let out a deep growl, punching a nearby tree. My knuckles crack, as blood pours from them. Why did I have to fuck this up? I should have never kissed her. My phone rings, and I climb back in the car. Tiberius is calling, this is not what I need right now.
“Alpha Tiberius, is everything okay?” I ask, leveling my voice.
Tiberius raises his voice. “I was going to ask you the same thing Malakai, the school called why isn’t my daughter at school?”
How do I explain I lost his daughter? “Tiberius, I went to give her, her birthday present on the way to school and…”
“And what?” Tiberius roars.
“She freaked out and left the cabin. I went after her, but she shifted, and I don’t know where she is Alpha. I’m sorry. I will find her.” I say as calm as possible.
Tiberius roars in his Alpha voice “You better fucking find her, or it will be the last thing you do Malakai. Do you understand?”
“Yes alpha.” I say obediently. This couldn’t possibly get any worse.
Why couldn’t I just tell Leilani I will be with her when she is twenty one. Why couldn’t I just tell her how amazing she is, and that I want nothing more than to be her mate. Why couldn’t I just tell her I love her and want to make her happy, no matter the cost. If I had done any of those things, then I wouldn’t be in this mess.
Come on Leilani, where did you go? I head towards the main road. I will check everywhere for her. I know she won’t be at school. She doesn’t like showing emotions in front of people. She didn’t even cry at her mother’s funeral service. Leilani waited until she was in the safety of her room before curling up against me and bawling her eyes out, as I stroked her hair.
After searching for hours checking every possible location; Leilani’s favorite diner, the movie theatre, the little antique shop she loves to shop at, and the library with no sign of her I resort to calling reinforcements.
I reach for my phone to dial the pack protector’s leader Alec when Leilani’s phone dings. Her phone dings a second time and I find her phone wedged between the seat and the center console. Leilani’s phone is password protected but I know her password. Thirty-three, thirty-three. Her mother’s favorite number repeated twice. There are two texts from an unknown number.
Unknown: This is Leilani.
Unknown: I’m alright, I will be home later.
A sigh of relief escapes, I’m glad she is okay. Whose phone is she using? She had to shift back to human form, I have her clothes. What is she wearing? My eyes darken with anger, and I nearly snap the phone in half.
Leilani: Where are you? Whose phone is this?
It took Leilani three minutes to message back. With each passing second my patience grew thinner.
Unknown: Lucas let me borrow his phone.
Lucas. My wolf growls with anger and I snap Leilani’s phone in half. She’s with Lucas, the boy from the party. I slam on the gas pedal driving as fast as I can towards Lucas’ house. His father is a part of the pack protectors, why didn’t he call Tiberius to let him know where his daughter is.
Pushing my car to the limit I drive as fast as the car will go, turning a twenty-five-minute drive into a seven-minute drive. I slide into the circular driveway coming to a stop directly in front of the massive staircase leading to the front door. Leaving the car running I run up the stairs and press the doorbell. No answer. Banging on the door, I run inside the house.
Lucas is coming down the stairs, wearing no shirt and a pair of sweatpants. His hair is damp, he must of just took a shower. “Where is she?” I yell.
His eyes widen in shock “Where is who?”
“Do no play dumb with me boy. Where is Leilani?” Growling I fix Lucas with a glare.
Lucas chuckles ‘Relax, she is just finishing in the shower.”
Without thinking I snatch Lucas by his throat suspending him in mid air “If you touched her in any way, I will kill you. Do you understand me?”
“Malakai. You’re going to kill him.” Leilani shrieks as she comes running down the stairs, wearing the same type of sweatpants as Lucas, and a Crimson Lily Highschool T-shirt.