59: He is my best friend


    "She''s... I don''t know.” she took in a shaky breath and looked away from me. I guessed it had something to do with the intensity of my stare. "She


    was unconscious when I left.”


    I turned around swiftly and took deep calming breaths. I feared if I looked at her one more time, the control in me would finally snap. And it didn''t help


    that I had a rough idea of what would happen to Dianne if my wolf took over.


    "What happened to her?" I heard myself asking against my wish even if I knew I would most likely not like the answer.


    Dianne didn''t answer for quite some time. And I knew she was thinking of the best way to reply to me without angering me. If only she knew just how


    much her silence was doing to me.


    "She was unconscious when I left. Her wolf was taken care of again so she became powerless."


    I turned to her, “Taken care of? What do you mean by that?" I asked her and spun around to face her. I wanted to see every emotion on her face and


    be able to detect when she was lying or not.


    "What do you think..." she stopped, thinking better of her word choices. “That was the reason she was able to be taken in the first ce."


    "And how did she manage to get back her wolf? You mentioned her wolf was taken care of again, does that mean she got her wolf in where she''s


    been held?" I asked and Dianne shook her head


    I had many questions to ask her. Like how she was able to get back her wolf and how hurt Sophia was. But even if they were eating me up, I knew I


    shouldn''t be asking that now. I needed to know where Sophia was being kept and needed to get her out of there before it was toote.


    A slow shudder worked its way from the base of my spine at the thought of getting to Sophia at thest hour.


    "You do realizeing here to me could get you killed and you came here nheless. I wouldn''t ask the reason you betrayed your mother because


    it honestly isn''t my business. But what I want to know right now is the exact ce Sophia is being held." I said without breathing a breath.


    I noticed Orion had been silent the whole time. And I also knew he wasn''t just standing there being silent, he was taking important notes I might have


    neglected when we were to go rescue Sophia.


    "She''s been held in an upleted building just at the outskirts of his pack,” she muttered and looked at her feet. I think that was the moment her


    guilt began eating her up. "I Know I betrayed my mother because I recently found out what she did. One innocent life had been lost because of her


    high ambitions. And I will never forgive myself if two more were to be lost when I had the power to prevent it."


    “Orion, gather our men and put my father in charge of this pack while we are gone. The guards should be brought forward. I won''t underestimate


    Ryven again. He had taken me by surprise the first time. And I would be a fool to let him do that to me the second time," I growled, the thought of it


    making my blood boil in my veins.


    "Since I went into his pack, I haven''t seen him nor have I seen his sister who is the new Alpha


    "You mean Ava is the new Alpha? What about Ryven? And why wasn''t he there with you in the building? I thought he was part of the n?"


    "That''s what I thought too but I think he just doesn''t want to be seen.” she stopped and looked at Orion and me. "it would be best if you leave now. If


    my mother finds out I''m missing, she''ll find a way to get out of that building. And it won''t be surprising to her that I came here because my emotions


    were all over the ce when she told me she was the one who killed Rudolph.” she said, and a pained look shed before her face before it was


    gone all too quickly.


    "I know,” I said without a word of appreciation for hering here. I wanted to tell her how much he came here meant to me and all the members of


    the pack, but the words couldn''t get past my lips.


    Maybe it was because I knew she had known all along the n of taking Sophia and doing what Heaven knows with her. Or because she had gone


    with her mother when she would have given me just a tip and all these would have been avoided.


    She went to sit down on the empty couch that had survived my massacre. And she began rubbing her arms and biting her lips. She was mulling over


    what she had done. Even if she did the right thing. the person she betrayed was her mother who had always gotten her back in the pack. Her mother


    was her strength and anchor. I knew whatever happened to her mother, she wouldn''t still forgive herself. But what mattered to her was that she did


    the right thing.


    I could understand her to a certain level because I was also like that. And it came to me as a surprise Dianne would willingly help Sophia and she had


    this side to her when all she did was behave like she was possessed by some evil spirit.


    In about thirty minutes, the guards were gathered outside the pack house and I was ready with my men. My father hadn''t asked questions when he


    came to me. And I wouldn''t have appreciated him asking either way.


    I could sense a wave of solidarity from them and willingness to do whatever it took to get back their Luna. I was emotional because these people had


    been there for me even when I was losing my shit. And they''re still here for someone who is not even yet their Luna. I wanted to do something for


    them. Maybe provide better for their families. But I knew that would have to wait as we were running out of time.


    We got into our respective cars. We would use cars because running to another pack would be energy-consuming because Ryven''s pack was far


    from my pack.


    "I would be driving," Orion came to the driver''s window and took out his hands, expecting me to hand over the keys.


    I eyed him and put the key into the ignition, "Get into the car if you don''t want to be left behind,” I growled but he was unmoved.Content rights belong to N?velDrama.Org.


    "You''re in ne position to drive. I mean, look at you, your emotions aren''t stable. I can''t let you handle this car. You might run us into a tree or


    something,” he said with a straight face and I knew he was right


    "Fuck you," I muttered under my breath and got out of the driver''s seat, cursing all the way through to the passenger''s seat.


    Orion got inte the car and drove us out of the pack. other cars following behind us.


    "Sophia is fine. She’s a strong girl. Even if she gives up fighting for herself, she won''t stop fighting for her baby.” Orion said, breaking the silence of


    the car and I had to admit, those words pierced my heart.


    I hadn''t been able to rest knowing where Sophia was and what possible dangers she could be in. And the fact that I wasn’t able to do anything earlier


    ate me up. Especially knowing I had been at fault. If only I didn''t doubt her...


    "It''s not your fault," you''re being too hard on yourself. Anyone could have done what you did. Sophia had looked almost smitten with Ryven when he


    came into the pack. So it''s only Normal you believe the baby was for her when you had been diagnosed unable to impregnate a baby when you were


    a teenager."


    "I know. But I can''t help it." I said, my voice was something I could barely recognize as we moved closer to where Sophia was. I was both scared and


    upset.


    "Then can''t you just stop being this


    way? It''s not Fetping any of us. Right


    now, you need a clear head to deal_


    with this-Mie Alexander I know <


    would havee up with a lot af


    strategies for this n. But all. we


    haves going to the pack an?


    rescuing her. No ns. Nothing!" He


    said, his voice almost rising from


    exasperation.


    "We''ll figure something out."


    His eyes left the road to stare into my eyes only. I wasn''t looking at him but thinking about what he said. And slowly, the fog began to lift from my


    head.


    "No, we''re figuring anything out now. Do you know those people following behind us came with us without any questions asked because they trust


    you down to their bones? How would they feel knowing their Alpha called them out from their homes to go on a suicidal mission with him?”


    I threw my hands in the air, tired of


    his nagging, ‘RO you think I like the


    way I am? Thé waym unable to


    think clearlybecause my mate and.


    our childcould be dead by now. —


    Okay, Ira sorry for not thinki ng about


    othersbut thinking about my-mate


    what could possibly be deadsince


    the I time she walked out ofthe pack


    because I haven''t been able to feel


    her. Nothing to even tell me she is


    alive or if Dianne was telling the


    truth.”


    "We both know Dianne was telling the truth.” he said in a calmer voice. And I knew Dianne was telling the truth because she couldn''t have faked the


    emotions she came with. She was looking like someone without a soul as if she had lost all meaning to life.


    I ground my teeth, unable to counter him. Damn Orion for always having a clearer head in times such as these. But I was thankful I had someone like


    him in my life.


    "And Sophia is alive. We need to be optimistic in this journey. Those guards and warriors wouldn''t want to hear we are rescuing a dead Luna," he


    said and I growled, almost slipping.


    Hearing him saying my thoughts out loud wasn''t pleasing. But someone needed to say it.


    "You just have to deal with whatever is going on with you. I know it''s not easy with the knowledge that one''s mate is missing. But I beg you to put your


    pack members in this. If something were to happen to you here...” he stopped and didn''t continue the sentence.


    But I knew what he wanted to say. I


    didn''t say anything further as we


    drove in silerice until we got to


    Ryven’s pack and I discovered to my


    horror, I hadn''t thought about thes


    excugento give to the guards athis


    gateon the reason we were I here.


    Ané how the hell would we pass


    through the gate with mere than


    twenty warriors without alerting


    Ryven?


    "What..." I stooped when Iid eyes on Orion. He was looking at me with amusement in his eyes and a smirk dancing on his lips.


    “Even if right now, my Alpha is a dickhead, his soon-to-be Beta couldn''t be one.” Heughed, "And in case you''re wondering what I mean, it means I


    have a n. I had everything sorted out before we left the pack.”