Chapter 235

235 Only Maynard is Wanted Lazlo‘s POV:

I passed out when she rested in my arms. How could I not help but want her all to myself? I have waited long enough. The thought of her leaving again had me crushed.

I woke up to an empty feeling. It really jolted me awake because I never felt empty with her. So either my heart stopped or —–I looked around and found her gone.

“Enya!” I called for her name, jumping out of the car in search of her. “Enya!” I was just at a loss for words. She was right here with me last night and now it‘s morning and she is gone.

‘What if she left to meet Thiago?‘ Laz said, suggesting she made you sleep here near the woods and left me alone to go see her other mate.

‘No! That can‘t be. She will never do something so irresponsible.‘I shook my head at Laz for even thinking about something so ridiculous.

‘What if she somehow finds ou–‘Before Laz could continue talking nonsense, I shut him up.

I muttered at him, “Shut up.”

It is irrelevant. They both need space. I am only doing her a favor by making her stay away from him. I mean, didn‘t you see how Thiago attacked Christina back in the woods? We keep lying to ourselves that he is not dangerous, but let‘s just admit, he is a Lycan.‘ Laz was back at manipulating me against Thiago. He wasn‘t doing it because he hated him or anything. He just was not ready to share Enya with anyone.

‘Laz! You need to quit talking. You are the reason I made such a huge mistake. Do you have any idea what will happen when Enya finds out why Thiago couldn‘t get in touch with her?‘ I grunted, storming inside the car to see what I could gather from Enya‘s departure. ‘Her cellphone is in the car. There is no way she left, leaving her phone behind.‘ My heart skipped a beat when I realized she might not have left on her own free will.

‘So you think somebody grabbed her out of the car and we didn‘t wake up? We are heavy sleepers, but we don‘t fall into a coma to not wake up to such a kind of commotion.‘ Laz was right. Then, if that didn’t happen, what happened?

‘l need to find her,‘ I said determinedly, looking around at the vast world and having no idea where to begin from.

It was then I received a call from Maynard. It had been a long time that he hadn‘t blown up my phone, so the timing of it really bugged me.

“Yes, Maynard?” I answered his phone, taking deep breaths and looking around the empty road and then staring at the dark woods.

“We‘ve got a problem on our hands.” Maynard‘s voice creeped me out. He was serious and panting.

“Yeah, we do,” I agreed as I stared at the empty seat of my car. “I am by the woods. Meet me here.” I told him where to expect me and then hung up on him. I had a feeling whatever he was going to talk to me about was related to Enya, too.

Or what else could it be?

Two cars sped around the road and parked to show the entire gang come out of it. Zander, Christina, and Maynard headed my way. They all looked agitated and anxious already “Maynard! What is going on?” I asked the moment he stopped with the others in front of me.

“They got Enya,” he said, with a dreaded look on his face. My heart skipped all the beats needed to keep me alive when I heard him.

“Who got her?” I questioned, watching Zander inspect my car in bewilderment.

“How the fuck did they get their hands on her? Where the heck were you?” Lazlo yelled in desperation, punching the air.

“We were sleeping in the car and“I had only started explaining when Zander groaned and came face to face with me.

“She was sick, and you brought her here so that you could sleep with her in the car?” The way he aggressively came into my face made me wonder if he was even scared of an Alpha.

“Excuse you. She is my mate, I can take her anymore,” I yelled back at him, head–butting him slightly to push him back from me.

“She was not feeling well,” Zander yelled, but didn‘t come closer to me again.

“I didn‘t fuck her. She fell asleep in my arms, you weirdo! And even if I did, I am her mate, and she wants me romantically,” I shouted at him in disbelief. The fact that she didn‘t even let him have this power over her, yet he was trying to control her life, was just absurd.

“Guys! There is a much bigger issue we need to take care of. She is missing!” Maynard got between us and shouted at the top of his lungs to diffuse the situation.

“I received a text from some unknown number telling me that they got my mate, Enya.” he sighed after reading the text to us once again.

“Why did they call her your mate? Have you not told everybody that you two have rejected each other?”

Christina jumped in to make it about herself. I see the conversation heading in a completely different direction now.

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“I am not dealing with all this nonsense for now. I am going to save her and if any of you are going to act like a child, then you can stay behind.” Maynard continued to yell in his deep voice, “And I don‘t give a fuck who is her mate here and who is not,” he then added once he saw Zander and me opening our mouths to remind him he cannot leave us behind, we are her mates.

“Hey! they are calling again,” before the argument could proceed on, he received a call from that same person who told him they got her.

After answering the call, he put it on speaker for us to hear.

“We got your mate,” the person said in a rough voice.

“What do you want?” I yelled instead of Maynard. I was agitated. My nerves were spilling fiery blood, it seemed.

“We want one of you to walk into the woods and surrender,” the person said, and we all shared a quizzical glance.

“Okay, I will do that,” I said, bobbing my head and ready to go in there for Enya.

“Whoever you are, you better hope you are Maynard.” that next statement from them silenced us for a moment. “We only want Maynard.”

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