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a hefty dose of " I'm screwed" if I didn't comply. My palms were sweating, for C

lit my throat, and no one would bat an eye. I was an alpha, but Aleja

s trying to get into her car. I barke

d start looking

ed on her face, and s

ar. Chantel's parents followed close behind, thei

os. What if we didn't find Chantel? W

, focusing on the road ahea

I muttered, beatin

, its silence a constant reminder that Al

's parents still trailing behind. Their a

now – bound by Alejandro's

gh them. The cacophony of sounds – beeping machines, murmured conversations, and the oc

d behind, their worried

tal, only to be halted by

you're in such a rush,"

ying to rein in my impatience. "She was b

"I'm sorry, sir. I can't let you through

to boil over. "Call a doctor, then.

e ignited a spark within

ce snapping. " You don't

and a knee to his nose, the

t glanc

rowd pouring in made my skin craw

upward with inhuman speed. Floor after floor blurre

rs flew by

ur

ft

I reached

beds. Machines beeped, patients mo

oat as I stormed back o

e wa

the elevator

every room, every face. Chantel's parents trailed behind, t

e searching for a n

o disappointment. Chantel's parents asked nurses an

nt by that name or maybe we did but I d

immered, threate

of Chantel's care?

uttered, raking my h

lling in her eyes. " Victor, what if.

tight hug. "We'll

nfidence

ay, threatened her, and now...now she carr

ade a catastr

thoughts shifted. Taking her back was

d her that badly,

loving her, beca

to Chantel's parents. "

followed me as I c

coul

he weight of my failure set

d her," I admitt

es narrowed. "

ospital, but she...she left. Vanished."

. " Who took her to the hosp

carefully. "I don't know. Maybe

ession darkened,

rowled, his voice

ejandro. She's g

ro wouldn't

making me jump. "You'll try agai

rned, their curious g

gh the room. "I don't care if you hav

r with a scar above his le

r. We'll find her," he said

s gaze remaine

Not Victor, not her parents...no one," he

iver run do

antel, not just for Ale

a surge of determ

dispersed, each one driven by

g contest exchanged worried glances. No

s to defy Alejandro?"

have time f

groups, each assigned to a differ

e eastern road, our

leys, supermarkets,

antel could p

mber took a sniff of her scarf,

ly what we we

city's sounds faded

g mattered: f

ftly, our movemen

tops while Maria and Ca

eyes scanning every

earby café wafted through

growled,

rest until Ch

asked Rafael

ok his

ress

p brought

ld fe

ce. We converged on the pack member, our hearts racing in unison. As

, lay a cloth bearing Chantel's unmistakable scent

." I approached the cliff's edge, my stomach plummeting. The

ll? Slim to none. I withdrew from the edge, my

because both Alejandro and I had lost our claims to

ispered to me, a gentle hum in my bones. Chan

afael asked, his voice

my resolve solidifying