Chapter 58-Roman

I just showed the last group of the Fae warriors to their temporary housing, and I’m starving. I get out my phone to order food when I see Amara texted me twelve minutes ago.

Amara: Heading to Blair’s to get more tea. I need you to come home as soon as you’re done with the Fae.

Roman: Be careful. I just finished up. I’ll head over now. Is everything OK? Love you

I wonder if she finally went and saw a pack doctor; I’ve been worried sick about how unwell she’s felt. It’s beyond anxiety at this point. There’s something wrong with her. Adonis is equally concerned, begging me to take her to a doctor.

′Something is wrong. Mindlink border patrol, I can feel something isn’t right,′ Adonis snarls in my head. I’m about to do just that when I feel Amara’s link open up.

‘ROMAN,’ Amara screams, and instantly panic surges through me. I shift into Adonis, starting to run in the direction the bond was pulling me to, and then the bond goes blank.

‘Amara? AMARA’ I yell but can’t form the link with her. Then the alarms start blaring.

‘Alpha! Vampires on the West border!’ Mayra, one of my warriors, alerts me.

Shit, shit, shit. The west border is right by Blair’s cottage. I send out a pack mindlink telling all the warriors to get over that way and to look for their Luna. I’m already sprinting over there. Why can’t I feel the bond? It’s not even like she’s asleep; it just…went away.

‘How many?’ I growl back

‘Roughly a hundred,’ she says back. That’s not good; that means they were only sent as a distraction.

‘Alpha! The Luna!’ another warrior, Blake, yells at me through the link. On instinct, I run even faster, adrenaline and pure fucking fear for my mate propelling me forward.

‘What about my Luna?’ I snarl through the link.

‘Head towards Ms. Blair’s cottage, you’ll see us…the Luna…’ he hesitates.

‘WHAT ABOUT MY LUNA?’ I boom back

‘She was taken! We tried to get to them, but he stabbed her in the neck with a syringe, and they just disappeared,’ he spits out.

My blood runs cold. Adonis lets out a howl, full of rage. Fuck what am I doing? I skid to a stop and portal myself to Blair’s cottage, where I see a small group of my warriors, probably about 300 yards away. I shift back and portal over to them.

“What the fuck happened?” I yell as I materialize in front of Blake and Luke. They jump, looking at me with wide eyes before Luke answers.

“We heard growling, so we ran over here and saw a man we didn’t recognize grab the Luna and stab her in the neck with a syringe, and they just disappeared into thin air. Here’s the syringe,” he says, handing it to me. I growl

“Get to the western border and neutralize this vampire attack. NOW. Then no one sleeps until we find her.” I say.

I look down at the syringe and pop out the plunger to try and smell what’s inside. Belladonna, wolfsbane, devilsbane, and a few other scents I don’t recognize. I know exactly what this is, and it’s also the answer to why I can’t feel the bond. Fur grows along my arms as I fight the shift. No, not now. I have to get to her family.

I portal back to the packhouse and follow Aylin and Armaros’ scents which lead out the door. Growling, I burst through the doors, but they aren’t outside either.

‘Does anyone have eyes on Luna Amara’s family?’ I yell through the link

‘On the western border with us,’ Seth responds.

“Well, at least they’ll all be in one place for me to tell them how I failed their daughter and sister,” I mutter to myself as I portal there. Black blood covers the grass, and it looks like the threat was already neutralized. I spot them, along with Aston, Seth, and Violet. I walk up to where they’re standing, grabbing a pair of gym shorts someone hands me along the way.

“They took her,” is all I say. The color drains from everyone’s face, even Aylin’s. She and Armaros exchange a look.

“What?” I growl at them. Both look uneasy, which is a new fucking sight to see. Aylin puts a hand over her throat and swallows. She looks like she’s going to fucking pass out.

“This can’t…no, not now, this can’t be happening,” she mutters. She staggers for a second before Azrael steadies her.

“Aylin? What? I’ve never seen you like this,” he says

“She’s pregnant,” she whispers.

“WHAT?” Seth yells

All thoughts leave my mind before it sinks in. Fuck. It makes so much sense. Her nausea, how tired she’s been…and they have her. My mate. My pregnant mate. My pregnant mate has been captured. I start to shake as fury and fear that I’ve never known overcome me. I don’t fight the shift this time, Adonis coming forward and snarling viciously as he takes over.

He runs back to where the warriors saw Amara, sniffing all around. We finally catch a scent other than hers; I don’t recognize it, though. I know it’s a demon’s scent, but that’s it. Which makes fucking sense, given that he portaled her away. Adonis runs around, sniffing for anything that might lead us to her.

‘It’s useless. If they portaled away, there wouldn’t be a scent. We have to get back to the packhouse, where we might actually be able to do something.’ I tell him

He growls, his helplessness and anger mixing with mine, but he shifts back. I walk over to a tree, knowing it’s one of the trees where we keep extra pants and shirts. I pull on a pair of sweats and portal back to my office.

Not surprisingly, everyone else is there waiting for me. Aylin, Violet, and Gemma sit in my chairs while Azrael, Max, Armaros, Seth, and Aston stand. Seth and Armaros are pacing. A heavy silence fills the room. Aylin looks up at me suddenly.

“I think she had her phone on her,” she screeches.

I immediately lunged for my laptop, opening the ‘Find My iPhone’ app. Hope blooms when I see her phone is still on and it has her location. It looks like she’s somewhere in uncharted territory, as expected. It’s roughly 45 minutes away. I put the coordinates into google maps, which shows a picture of an old warehouse. I turn the laptop for everyone else to see, and they all nod.

“Get your best warriors here, and we portal them there ASAP. Before they realize she has her phone on her and move her.” Aylin commands. I immediately link everyone, telling them to get to the packhouse. We’ll take the first ones who get there.

“There were no casualties, only a couple minor injuries that would be healed by now, so everyone should be available,” Seth says. We all nod in response.

“This is probably the vampires’ base camp. We don’t know what weapons or beasts they have there, but we must be quick.” I say as I get up and walk outside.

The warriors are already crowding the front of the packhouse. I wait anxiously. If I could, I would take whoever was here now and just go, but given that there are probably around five thousand there, I need to have an actual army.

“Seth and Azrael, while we wait, portal there and sniff it out. See if you can find any doors or hideouts or if vamps are guarding the place. Be careful and remain hidden,” I tell them. Az nods before he grabs Seth’s arm, and they both disappear.

It takes about another 15 minutes before enough warriors show up. I quickly brief them on the situation since we’re still waiting on Azrael and Seth. I’m about to just say fuck it, take them all there, and swarm the place. As soon as I move to do just that, Az and Seth reappear next to Aston, who jumps back, knocking into Armaros.

“FUCKING SHIT. Not cool!” he yells.

“There are several doors. From what we can tell, all the ones in the front are guarded, but there are two on the side that look unguarded. Here’s a picture of the door and the trees you’ll want to portal to.” Azrael shows me.

“Alright. You guys will portal all my warriors out front, and you ambush them. I will portal myself and Seth to that back door, and we sneak in that way. Aston, leave two important-looking ones alive, and they come here.” I tell them before I turn to all my warriors, “Everyone! Grab onto each other. Queen Aylin, King Armaros, and Prince Azrael will transport you all. You ambush them, kill whoever you can, and spare no one. If you lay eyes on your Luna, go for her.” I yell

I’m met with a mass response of “Yes, Alpha.”

I immediately grab Seth and portal us to the trees Az showed me.

‘Wait a minute, we need them to be distracted,’ I tell him.

I don’t take my eyes off the door, looking for any hint of life behind it. It takes about two minutes before we hear snarls, yells of alarm, and a battle breakout. Seth and I run for the back door and throw it open.

Hold on, baby, I’m coming.