Chapter 127
Astor’s POV
Pain.
Sharp, burning pain sliced through my body, but I knew it wasn’t my pain. My wolf growled deep
inside me restless and furious.
Faith.
She was hurting. And if she was hurting, it confirms that Kyle has her and he is hurting her.
My claws dug into the armrest of my chair as I fought the urge to shift, to run to her, to rip Kyle
apart with my bare hands. But I couldn’t. Not yet. Not without a plan.
I needed Alice. She is the only one who most likely knows where I can find him but she was still
unconscious and nobody is giving me anything to work with.
I’ve tried to find out everything I can but nobody seems to know where I can find him and I can’t just go to his pack and start accusing him without proof even though I know it’s him because it’s
an act of War.
But also the truth of the matter is that this war has already started and if I don’t find a lead today then I will be the one to make the first move because I will do anything to get her back.
The phone on my desk buzzed. An unknown number.
I answered, my voice low and dangerous. “Who is this?”
A cold, mocking laugh. “Miss me, Astor?”
Kyle.
Every muscle in my body locked. “Where is she?” I snarled.
Instead of answering, he said, “Is it true?”
“What?” I snapped.
“You heard me. Is. It. True?” Each word was slow, deliberate, like a knife dragging across my skin.
“I don’t have time for riddles!” I roared. “Bring her back. Now.”
My voice darkened. “You started a war you can’t finish, Kyle. You want revenge for your death? Fine. But why take it out on her? Faith has nothing to do with this!”
father’s
My wolf surged forward, my vision turning red. “STOP!” I bellowed. “ANSWER ME! WHAT IS
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TRUE?!”
Silence. Then-
“You and your father made her hate me didn’t you but you knew the truth all along?” Kyle’s voice was laced with something… strange. Not just hate. Something else. “Is it true. That she’s my-“1 guess he knows the truth but it works in my favor because now he will have to live with the consequences of what he did. That’s of course if he cares.
I cut him off with a growl. “Ironic, isn’t it? You stalked your sister for six years, obsessed with her, and now you’re the one who took her. Hurt her but the truth is that you were hurting possibly the only family you have left.”
“Shut up!” Kyle’s control slipped.
all of this is happening because of your father and you’re going to die ” he said but I’m not afraid of my death as long as the people that I care about are safe.
“I’m sure your father thought the same before he was killed so don’t mess with me Kyle because for now I was feeling sorry for you because you just a young man who lost his father in an unfortunate way but you are playing with my family and I don’t tolerate that nonsense.” I said because I have twice as much influence as he does because I have allies all over the world and I know they will come if I call them.
“we’re going to see about that.” he said.
“No,” I snarled. “I won’t stop until my mate is back. And when I find you-”
Click.
The line went dead.
“I hurled my phone across the room, shattering it against the wall.
Before I could storm out, the door swung open.
Alpha Connor.
And behind him–my father.
The sight of them made the rage inside me burn hotter.
My father stepped forward, his face lined with guilt. “Son, we know… we’re to blame for all of this. But we never wanted things to go this far.”
“Oh really?” I laughed bitterly. “What exactly did you expect, Father? You killed his dad! What did you think Kyle would do? Forgive you?” I slammed my fist against the desk. “The only difference is
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that my mate–MY FAMILY–Is paying for YOUR MISTAKES!”
My father flinched. “What do you want me to do?”
I dragged a hand through my hair. “I don’t know. The easy way to fix this is if I give you up and he does whatever he wants to do to you because you deserve it. But if I do, Kyle will kill you.”
“Then I’ll go” my father said quickly.
“NO!” The word tore from my throat. “I won’t trade your life for hers. I won’t lose both of you.”
we are the ones who stopped Benjamin and if you let us help then we can stop Kyle too.” my father said yet again proving to me that he doesn’t understand that I don’t want their help because they have done enough already.
I turned away, my breathing ragged. “I’ll find her myself.”
I said leaving the office because I don’t want to even see them and most importantly every time I see alpha Connor I just want to bang his head on my desk because he is not a man, let alone a
father.
But because I have kids that I love more than anything in the world I had to go home even though I don’t know what to tell them about their mother.
The second I walked through the door, two small bodies crashed into me.
“Daddy!” Marco’s tiny hands gripped my shirt, his eyes wide and scared. “Where’s Mommy? Why isn’t she home yet?”
My heart cracked.
I knelt down, pulling him close. “She’s okay, pup. She’ll be home soon.”
“NO!” Marco pushed back, tears streaming. “! I WANT HER NOW!”
Kimberly stood nearby, her arms crossed, her face pale. “They feel it, Alpha,” she whispered. “The bond. They know something’s wrong.”
I swallowed hard, holding my son tighter.
I’ll get her back. I swear it.
Even if I had to burn the whole world down to do it.
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