Chapter 135


    As they hoped, when the sun almost disappeared, Alpha Samuel joined the searching party led


    jointly by Dax and Mire when they were about half way down this deep valley, the bottom of which


    was still out of their sight.


    Seeing the alpha arrive with his warriors, Dax immediately shifted back to his human form and filled


    him in on the situation along with the witch.


    “Because of the dense vegetation around here, it is quite hard to pick their scents.” The royal


    gamma was clearly frustrated when he expressed that he couldn’t reach Micah at all. “I don''t know


    how, but I can’t contact him through the mindlink, either.”


    “Okay, let’s not give chance for anything to discourage us, we will find them.” Alpha Samuel


    reassured him.


    The royal gamma’s fear was not something unwarranted, because it was almost a day since Micah


    and Abby went missing at a time like this, when a dark sorcerer like Calpin was running rampant


    with the rogues no more than puppets in his hands.


    “We can not let them fall into the enemies’ hands!”


    Just like protecting the kingdom and its people’s welfare was the King’s duty, protecting their


    sovereign was the topmost priority of the royal warriors. Everyone has their own role to fulfill!


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    Only Dax couldn’t help but dread the thought of what would happen if they failed like thest time,


    where Calpin managed to corner the king anddy Abby right in front of their eyes before hurting


    them gravely…


    “This is driving me crazy,” Dax admitted. “But I won''t stop until I bring them both back safely.”


    He was normally a carefree soul, with easy going nature and a goofy personality, but once he set


    his mind on something, it was hard for anyone to change his mind.


    “And we will make sure you do!” The alpha squeezed Dax’s shoulder, silently telling him that they


    shared the same goal.


    The witch was silent as the royal gamma exined further to Samuel how they couldn’t find a single


    trace of them along their way down here. “But it’s hard to confirm where exactly they fell, so we are


    searching every inch down their possible trajectory.”


    “Mire, do you have any way to locate them?” Alpha Samuel looked at the witch, pulling her out of


    her thoughts.


    “Yes, I do and I’m sure I’ll be able to trace them immediately if it works,” Mire said, folding her


    hands across her chest.


    Since the shifters couldn’t trace their scents, she came up with an idea to locate them, but it was not


    as simple as she stated.


    “Queen Abby is the focal point of this method.” Mire didn’t know if they could understand her


    words. But she went ahead and exined her idea to them briefly anyway. “She has to use her fire


    magic.”


    She then exined how magic would always leave traces behind, no matter how small, and Dax


    and Samuel didn’t know if it would be a good thing or bad thing for Abby to use magic.


    “She would use it if only a special circumstance arises!” Dax tightened his jaw.


    “But it will lead me to her equally quickly,” Mire pointed out, even though she understood why they


    didn’t feel this method was ideal.


    If Abby used her magic, it meant she and the king were in danger.


    This was all very frustrating.


    “We have limited options, let’s just keep our eyes and ears open for every possibility,” Alpha Samuel


    said, hoping things wouldn’t turn even moreplicated than they already were.


    “But she didn’t use her magic until now, so it means they were fine, but just stranded somewhere on


    this mountain, right?” Dax suddenly blurted out.


    “You can say so,” Mire nodded her head, hoping he was right. Because they could also be in a


    position where they couldn’t do anything. But she didn’t open her mouth, lest her spection


    dampened their spirits.


    “We just have to intensify our search then.” Dax felt reinvigorated.


    **********************


    On her first attempt, Abby couldn’t really make Micah gulp any water down. With him being


    unconscious, it was pretty hard to pour water down his throat, but she didn’t give up.


    He already lost so much blood, and with the chilly air around, if he got dehydrated as well, his


    condition might worsen even further, not to mention, she couldn’t make him take food even if she


    seeded in finding some fruits.


    So she concentrated on keeping his throat from going drypletely, as she let drop after drop into


    his slightly ajar lips. She hoped if he drank some water, out of instinct, when his body


    subconsciously craved water, her efforts would be paid.


    “Thank Heavens!” Abby couldn’t help but pat her chest in relief, when she saw his throat work, even


    though quite minimally, finally letting some water into his system.


    When she looked at his bloody face and arms, she decided it would be better to put this water to


    some other use, as she rushed back to the stream and brought more water.


    After that, she stayed where she was, guarding her sleeping mate, not wanting to try her luck too


    much. Even though she felt quite exhausted, apart from silently pleading for Micah to stay with her,


    she wasn’t interested in anything.


    She wanted to save her energy in case they encountered any wild beasts or rogues, since energy


    was what she needed to fight those off.


    She still expended some of thest bit of her energy to keep Micah warm, though, or when she


    needed to make trips for more water.


    However, when the night had fallen again and there were still no signs of her mate waking up, Abby


    felt her whole body turning numb from the emotional wreckage that kept challenging her system.


    Only she knew how many times she roughly wiped at her tears, which kept spilling from her eyes


    every now and then, even though she tried hard to will them back.


    Seeing him lying motionless like this, in this dark and depressing ce, was taking a toll on her. But


    she seemed to have fallen asleep at some point of the night, because, the next thing she knew,


    paws thumping heavily on the ground startled her awake.


    Judging by the brightness around them, it seemed almost noon again, as leaves rustled in the wind


    that carried over the sound from far away.


    Her senses were already meagerpared to an average shifter, not to mention her weak


    composition, coupled with her exhaustion, she couldn’t really guess who was making their way here


    and her heart thudded painfully in her ribcage at the endless possibilities.


    It could be anyone, rogues or the royal warriors, or even a false rm by the wild animals.


    “Please, don’t let it be rogues, don’t let it be rogues!”


    Abby chanted in her heart repeatedly as she kept looking across the path and then above her head,


    willing the worst possibilities from noting true.


    In her current condition, she didn’t think she would be able to fend off too many rogues, because


    they always attacked in groups, but wild animals would at least find her fire scary.


    And when she saw a huge head appearing high over the rocky structure to her right, looking scarily


    simr to a wolf’s head, her heart almost skidded to a screeching halt…


    She immediately got ready to hurl her fireballs at it, deciding to go all out.


    But at thest second, she stopped and snuffed her fire, because she saw another yet familiar wolf


    looking down the rock, followed by a lithe figure of a woman. “Dax?! Mire?!”


    Immediately, Dax’s wolf jumped down a few feet from her and Abby almost copsed from relief.


    But she still staggered back, prompting the royal gamma to shift back as he hurried to her side.


    “Queen Abby, the King…”


    Dax’s voice trailed off, and with one look at him, she could see that he could tell how bad his king’s


    situation was.


    “He has been unconscious for two days…” Abby sobbed silently as hups raked her body, while


    more warriors jumped down into the pathway before they shifted back as well.


    Dax seemed to have mindlinked them, because, as the warriors carried Micah out of the rocky


    structure with the royal gamma leading the queen, she could see several more beasts rushing


    there.


    “We are going back now.” Dax informed Alpha Samuel, behind him were the group of Red River


    pack warriors that followed him.


    “I understand,” the alpha nodded, as he immediately called his pack’s warriors, so that they could


    leave ahead. “I’m leaving first, be careful on the way back.”


    Since he came incognito, it would be best for him to return first, just to avoid trouble. They could


    also eliminate any obstacles on their way back, which would make the transfer of the king easy.


    But Mire stayed behind after sending the Silver Moon pack warriors away, before she hurriedly


    checked on the queen.


    “I’m fine, exhausted but still in one piece!” Abby reassured the witch. She then asked her why it took


    them so long to find them.


    “This ce is quite strange, those shifters can’t detect your scent at all. Only when I traced the


    magic you used, we were able to find you both.”


    “You used your fire so sparingly, so it took me time. But I’m d you weren’t forced to use your


    magic inrge amounts!”


    Abby was d she didn’t use up all her luck as well.


    *********************


    No one back in the Silver Moon pack knew that Micah and Abby had gone missing, even Alpha


    Samuel left with his warriors saying he had a new task from the king.


    But when they finally returned to the pack, two dayster, in the dead of the night, the royal healer


    was waiting for them anxiously.


    “You need to leave for the Silver Moon pack right away.” n told her two days ago, and she


    immediately packed and rushed here, thinking something bad had happened to Abby, as the royal


    beta remained tight-lipped as to why she needed to travel so far suddenly.


    What could n do when the issue was so serious like this, where they didn’t know what kind of


    news that they had to wait for?


    He suddenly received a letter from the royal gamma, which carried news that could shake the entire


    kingdom, and put so many shifters'' lives in jeopardy, so he did what he thought was rational to do at


    that time.


    Sending help in any way possible! Like more royal warriors and of course healers, just in case they


    needed them.


    And Nadia was definitely needed there when they were finally found because Micah didn’t gain


    consciousness all the way back to the pack.


    “It will be forty eight hours soon!” Abby said in a trembling voice, when the royal healer asked her


    since when the king was unconscious. She didn’t look any better, but she insisted that Micah be


    treated first.


    “He fell unconscious right after you guys went missing?” It was Dax who blew his top at her


    confession, but then it made sense, because, had Micah been conscious enough, he wouldn’t have


    let Abby stay in that creepy ce for two days.


    He wondered why he couldn’t reach Micah through mindlink even once since they fell down, only


    now he got an answer. Because his king was dead to the world.


    But then he saw Abby copsing to the floor from overexertion, prompting him to catch her before


    she hurt herself.


    Seeing all this, Nadia finally understood why the royal beta didn’t reveal anything to her about the


    king going missing. This would cause a huge uproar if news went out.


    However, n had more reasons. Because he couldn’t afford to let anyone from the royal council


    catch wind of this news.


    Their hearts were already filled to the brim with negative emotions toward the queen, and if they


    learned that Abby had caused Micah to suffer another misfortune, he couldn’t imagine the impact.


    Nothing good woulde out of it, since the former king was waiting for a chance to pave his way


    back onto the throne.