Wind Carved Names Into Silence by Zex Hollow 29

Chapter 29 

Alpha Nicholas 

“Nicky! Nicky. Where are you?” I jump as my brother’s voice booms in my pounding head. I sit up and instantly wince at the stiffness in my neck. Where the hell am I? I look around quickly remembering sitting in my office after 

er my mate left and the two empty whiskey bottles explain why my head feels like it’s been used as a punching bag. “Jeusu fuck!” I grunt as i stretch and stand up hefore heading to the bathroom attached to my office. I need a piss and a shower. Luckily for me, I keep spare clothes in there too for emergencies. 

“Nick. Fucking answer!” Shit, I forgot that Will was linking me. “What do you want?” He laughs making my head rattle and I just wanna punch him. “Oh, I see someone is extra grumpy today. Where the fuck are you? I’ve been banging on your door for ages.” Great! “I’m in my office, ended up falling asleep in 

here.” 

‘Well, get the fuck up here, it’s almost 9.” Fuck I don’t think I’ve ever slept that late before. He must be wrong. I walk over to my phone to check the time and sure as shit it is 8.57 am which means I have less than an hour to make my hungover ass presentable and get to breakfast and right now that seems like an almost impossible task. “I’ll get ready here. I won’t be long.” 

Within ten minutes I’m showered and dressed ready for breakfast. Honestly, right now eating is the last thing I want to do but I have to at least show my face and I can’t appear hungover. Thankfully mouthwash, toothpaste, and lots of aftershaves should be enough to stop me from smelling like a brewery, and hopefully, these painkillers will start kicking in soon because my head is fucking banging. “Nick, where are you?” Shane’s voice pounds through my head and the edge to his tone instantly has me worried. 

“I’m in my office. What’s wrong?” I sit in my seat while I wait to hear from him and gently rub my temples. This is why I don’t drink. because an Alpha is never of duty, there’s never time to nurse a hangover because there’s always someone who wants something. A loud bang on my office door makes me wince but then Shane, Lily, and Will all come storming into the room looking panicked. “What’s happened?” The look on Shane’s face alone is enough to have my mind going into overdrive but the look on Lily’s face has me quickly shifting my ass out of 

my chair. 

I sit my tired ass on the edge of my desk while I dread what they are about to say. “What’s happened? I growl. I’m in no fit state for any more bullshit right now. “We can’t find Bonnie anywhere!” Lily practically shouts. What did she just say? “Say that again?” The look on her face alone tells me that what I think she said is right and the tears that she’s trying to hold in show how worried she is. “We can’t find Bonnie anywhere. I’ve been looking for her for the past hour.” Fuck! 

“Maybe she has slept in?” Wishful thinking I know. “I went to her room and only her sister was there.” 

“Where have you looked for her?” Her shoulders sag while she lets out a puff of air. “Everywhere I can think of. The only place she should be is her room or the breakfast hall but she wouldn’t go there alone. I’ve even tried linking her but there’s no answer and she never blocks her link. Never!” The more worried she becomes the more I feel on edge. Granted Aside from knowing that my mate has a kind heart I don’t know a great deal about her but Lily knows every detail about her and if she is worried then so am I. 

“Could she be somewhere with her family?” The look of disgust on her face instantly has alarm bells ringing in my head. “No, she won’t be with them.” Her words are minimal and yet, say so much. There’s more that she’s not saying and I want to know what it is. 

“Alpha, will you please help me find her? I understand the situation that you have with Bonnie but I’m worried, really worried and I need your help.” Instantly I’m pissed at the fact that she would doubt that I would help her but then Storm kindly reminds me that so far all she knows about me is the fact that I’m rejecting her mate for no apparent reason which in turn just makes me look like an asshole.