Chapter 17
Chapter 17: Theo
I hadn’t heard from Briggs in four days, so when I saw his name on my phone screen, I was eager to
answer.
“Briggs, did you find anything?”
“I found her car,” he replied, his tone serious and uneasy. “It’s at a junk yard in Sablemane territory. It
looks like you were right about the ident.”
I hadn’t felt any pain from her since that first night. But I still felt the burning of our broken bond, so I
knew she had to be alive somewhere. At least, I hoped that’s what it meant. I didn‘ t know what I’d feel
if she was…
“So she has to be somewhere close by,” I said.
“She would have to be. I doubt she walked away from this on her own. Especially if your assessment of
her injuries were correct.” He got quiet for a moment. “There’s a lot of blood here, Theo. If she can’t
heal, she won’t be in great shape for a while. I’m going to check the local hospital and see what I can
find out. But they’ll sense that she’s a rogue any day now. I don’t know what they’ll do with that.”
“Did you find anything else?” I could tell he was holding back with me, and I wanted to know what he
was thinking.
“I went by her house. You’re going to need to tell Kylee and Marie soon. They’ll want to go home.”
“Why?”
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“Honestly, Theo, I’m not inclined to tell you,” he snapped. “I’ll make sure she’s alive and safe. And that’s
so you can give her family something other than she disappeared.”
“Briggs,” I growled. His response may have been fair, but I was his Alpha.
“How are things going with Kylee?” he said tightly.
“Fine,” I said through gritted teeth. They weren’t fine. At least not on my side. Kylee still didn’t seem to
have a clue anything was going on. I knew that was a good thing, but it was also annoying the heck out
of me.
“Good. So you’re not having any doubts or second thoughts?”
“No. Nothing has changed,” I replied, wondering where he was going with this.
“Okay. Just wanted to make sure you’re not nning on making me drag A back.”
I sighed. “I just want to know that she’s alive, Briggs. That she‘ s safe.”
“Okay,” Briggs said calmly. “I’m just trying to look out for you, man. This is some serious shit you’re
messing with.”
“I know,” I said. “But I don’t want to know just for Kylee. I told Dad A severed her ties. He felt the loss
but wasn’t able to identify who it was. It hit him pretty hard. I think it would help him if he knew she was
okay.”
“Well, I’ll do my best,” Briggs said. “But I’m not going to guarantee what I find.”
“Understood.”
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As I hung up the phone, the door to my office burst open. I growled and shot to my feet as Zeff charged
through the door.
“What did you say to her?” he demanded. “Where is she?”
“She left you four days ago, and you’re just now looking for her?” I snarled, not about to put up with this
jackass.
“I haven’t stopped searching for her,” he yelled. “I’ve looked everywhere. Her phone is off. Her car’s
gone. She even took…”
He stopped himself before finishing his sentence, but my interest was piqued.
“What did she take?”
“Like I would tell you,” he spat. “All that matters is she would never take it unless she nned on never
coming back. So what did you do to her?”
“She did it to herself.”
His face paled. “What did she do?”
I didn’t have to tell him anything. This asshole tried to take A for himself.
The thought sobered me a little. He cared about her. That much was obvious. And in truth, he hadn’t
done a damn thing wrong. But I had. I had made enough mistakes in how I treated my people this
week.
I sank into my chair with a sigh, bringing my hand to my forehead.
“She cut her ties,” I said. “She’s a rogue now.”
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“She would never do that.”
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“But she did,” I replied. “Beta Briggs is out looking for her to ensure she is safe. When I know
something, I will let you know.”
“You’re a fool, you know,” Zeff told me. “I’ve known that family for a long time. Kylee doesn’t have half
the strength A does. At least now, when someone else is smart enough to see that, you have no
power to keep them from her.”
I was about to tell him to watch his mouth, but he was already storming out of my office. mming the
door behind him.
Kieran was stomping around in my head. He didn’t want anyone touching A. Or Dasha. If she ever
came back.
My mother had made ament simr to Zeff’s in passing. She had said she hoped A would find
some peace and a life where she wouldn’t have to carry so much. I wanted to know what she meant by
it, but I figured it was about her acting out when she was younger because she didn’t handle her
father’s death well. In truth, part of me was scared to ask. I didn’t know why, and it wasn’t helping the
nagging in my head, other than Kieran, that is, that there was more that I needed to know.
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