Chapter 201
It was almost 12 oâclock at night.
When Daran stepped into the packhouseâs lobby, he was immediately welcomed by a
hectic crowd.
There was a worried and tensed expression on every maid and servantâs face.
Casper stood in the center of the crowd, with Balvina by his side, and was roaring at
the soldiers:
â-I donât fucking care how you find her! You can search the mountain and turn this pack upside down and it is fine with me! JUST FUCKING FIND HER!!!â
Daranâs face tensed immediately.
âWhat is going on?â Morgana cried behind Daranâs back.
Casper clenched his fists and gritted, ââ¦Janet is missing.â
Morgana rounded her eyes, âWhat do you mean missing? She was at the vineyard yesterday with me! And Daran told me that she drove back by herself earlier today. Where has she been since?
âWe wished that we knew!â Balvina said with a frustrated face, âThe surveillance camera captured her going into the back mountain a couple of hours ago. But there has been no sign of her since.â
Daran pulled out his phone and wanted to try Janetâs number.
But Casper stopped him, âDonât bother. We tried that already. At first, it just kept ringing. Then her phone was turned off.â
That was definitely odd.
Why would Janet turn off her phone?
âLetâs not get too wired up.â Morgana said, trying to ease up peopleâs nerves, âShe went into the mountain, right? Maybe she went hiking. Letâs see if she comes back. tomorrow morning.â
âBut hiking during the night? Without letting anyone know? It doesnât sound like her!â Casper said urgently.
Anxiety boiled up in Daranâs chest.
He found this strange as well.
Then he thought back to the note that she left him on the pillow, which read:
Donât want to wake you up. I am heading back to the packhouse first. Something I need to deal with. Come and find me when you are back. Love, Janet.
â¦Something she needed to deal withâ¦
Daran snapped his head up and hissed, âWhere the hell is Westin!â
Blank shock showed in peopleâs faces.
ââ¦WâWe didnât see him,â Balvina stuttered.
A soldier stepped up and said, âWe searched the Lycanâs room earlier. Didnât find Princess Janet there.â
âWhat about Westin and his own men?â Daran pursued.
The soldier shook his head, âTheir rooms are all empty. No sign of King Westin, nor his men.â
âWhat the fuck-âCasper cried.
âJanet came back to talk to Westin,â Daran said in a hurried voice. âShe is ending things with him. If their conversation didnât go well-â
Balvina covered her mouth with her hands, âYou think he will hurt her?!â
âHow dare he!â Casper roared furiously, âThis is the Blood Moon Pack! I donât fucking care if he is a Lycan! I will skin him alive if he touches my sister!!â
Just then, Kass strode into the lobby with a group of soldiers behind him.
âI searched the mountain. I didnât find Janet,â he said hastily. âBut this guy said that he knew something.â
He called to the soldiers, and they brought up a steward.
The steward seemed panicâstricken. He dropped to his knees and cried in a shaky voice, âIâI talked to Princess Janet around duskâ¦â
âWhy didnât you say something sooner!â Casper rushed forward and grabbed the stewardâs collar, âWhat did she say?!â
âShe asked me where King Westin wasâ¦I told her that King Westin went into the back mountain, and she said that she would go find himâ¦â
This confirmed Daranâs word!
Janet was really with Westin before she went missing!
âSearch for Westin!!â Casper yelled, âFind the Lycans! NOW!â
âI have my men on it already.â
Kass looked up from his phone with an anxious face, âThey just reported backâ¦The surveillance camera captured a car leaving the packhouse and heading down south 2 hours agoâ¦
âThey took Janet away!â Balvina shrieked angrily.
Daran turned on his heels abruptly and dashed to the front door.
Rage and hatred clouded his mind.
â¦Westin!
When he found that son of a bitch, he would fucking KILL HIM!
Janet woke up from the slumber with a splitting headache and found herself in the back of a truck.
Memory from before she passed out came back to her gradually.
And she remembered, the conversation she had with Westin, how he hit her on the neck and knocked her out.
She tried to sit up.
But then she found that both of her hands and feet were tied up with ropes. There was also duct tape on her mouth, keeping her from crying out for help.
She also got a bitter taste in her mouth. Probably wolfsbane. To keep her from shifting.
Fury surged up in her chest.
â¦Westin!
Where was that fucking jerk taking her?!
She used her knees and elbows to crawl forward and approached the back door of the
truck. The door rattled as the car drove forward and there was a crack between the doors.
She narrowed her eyes and peeked through that narrow crack.
They were driving down a freeway.
It didnât seem anywhere she had been to before.
The roadsides were lined with brown and withered vegetation. Everything seemed bleak and deserted. There werenât any buildings within her sight.
The moon was hanging in the middle of the night sky.
Janet remembered that she was knocked over before the night fell completely.
So if she hadnât stayed unconscious for more than one day, it probably would have been just a couple of hours.
And it was highly likely that they were still in Blood Moon Pack.
Which meant that there was still a chance for her to escape.
Janet took in a deep breath.
She gathered all her might and kicked on the rattling door with both of her legs!
BANG!
A loud noise echoed in the truck.
She kicked again.
BANG!
The truck halted to a sharp stop.
She perked up her ears and heard sounds of the door opening and closing, heavy footsteps approaching, and then-
The truckâs door was wrenched up from the outside.
Westin stood outside of the truck. Silver moonlight depicted his handsome profile.
He looked at her furious face and lifted his lips into a faint smile:
âWhat is the matter? Are you hungry? Or do you need to pee?â