Chapter 8
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CARLYLE’S POV
“Alpha Carlyle, please help us. Our daughter has been missing since she returned from the blind date.”
Ady in herte thirties whom I supposed was the saiddy’s mother cried out as soon as she saw me
approach their house.
“You’re wee, Alpha Carlyle.” The woman’s husband greeted me in a slightly moreposed
manner than his wife’s and I responded with a slight nud of my head.
“What happened exactly?” I inquired, sitting on the chair I was offered while eye. searching around the
house. No one is to be trusted. Not even the elders who imed to be doing everything for the pack.
They could be ying me, expecting me to work straight into their trap.
“When our daughter returned from the blind date, she had this expressionless face on her which didn’t
make us think much into things. We initially thought it could be as a result of not wanting to get married
to someone she doesn’t know quite well as she was always against it. She went to her room and today,
she’s nowhere to be found. We’ve searched all around for her, but there are no signs of Donnie. She’s
gone, Alpha.” The father exined while the mother panicked in tears.
I stood up, looking around the house. I observed everything kept in the house with my supernatural
senses, trying to figure out what ured I that house previously.
“What if she left on her own ord?” I asked everyone present after a moment of silence.
“What do you mean, Alpha? Donnie would never do such a thing. If she was going to leave, she would
have done it since we suggested ge arranged marriage to her and not after she showed up already.
She’s quite sturborn but not much if a rebel. Donnie’s mother disapproved of my question.
“Is this her room?” I pointed to the direction of a slightly open door not far from where e stood.
“Yes, Alpha. That’s her room.”
I made my way into the room, pushing the door open. The bed in the room was ced awkwardly and
everywhere was rough like something big transpired in there. Immediately I noticed around, I intensified
my observation for any signs of force.
For a split second, the thought of her having been kidnapped crossed my mind but my thoughts proved
to be false when my eye caught a piece of paper on the floor, close to her wardrobe. Picking it up, I
read it’s content and a smug smile thinned across my face. She’s not been kidnapped, she left on her
own.
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“If you say she didn’t leave on hr own, how do you exin this?” I raise the aper up in the air.
“What is that, Alpha?” Her father snat ched the paper from me reading it too. It reade
“Dear Mom and Dad,
gone. I
By the time you’re reading this, I’ll be nowhere around you, which means I’ll be want you to know that
I’ve left home, and I don’t want you to worry about me or try to find me because you wouldn’t be able to
as I have no idea of where I’m headed. I need. some time to figure things out on my own. I know this
might be hard for you to understand, but I hope you can respect my decision.
I want to express my gratitude for everything you’ve done for me. You’ve always tried to provide the
best for our family, and I appreciate that. I know you believe that marrying the Alpha is the right path for
me, and I understand the traditions and expectations thate with it. However, I cannot go through
with it.
I’ve spent countless nights thinking about this. It’s not that I don’t value your opinions. but I believe that
everyone deserves the chance to choose their own path in life, especially when ites to something
as personal as marriage and I don’t want to be left out.
I want you to know that this decision was not made lightly. I’ve struggled with the conflict between my
own desires and the expectations ced upon me. I need to find my own happiness and live a life that
feels true to myself.
Leaving home was incredibly difficult for me, but I needed to break free from the constraints that were
suffocating my spirit. I hope you can find it in your hearts to understand and support my decision, even
if it goes against what you had envisioned for my future.
Please know that I love you both deeply, and I’m not running away to hurt you. I need time to discover
who I am and what I want from life. I promise to stay safe and keep in touch when I can. I hope that,
with time, you’ll find it in your hearts to ept my choices and embrace the person I’m bing.
In addition, let the Alpha know that he should learn to take responsibilities for his actions. He might
have his difficulties but everyone have theirs too.
With love,
Donnie.
“Oh, no! I can’t believe this. How can Donnie do this to us?” Her mother burst into tears,
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falling on a nearby bench as she nearly lost her footing.
“I can’t believe this!” Her father had his right forefinger and thumb on his chin with his other hand on his
waist. He was surprised. Everyone was, including the elders who followed me there.
Take heart. Xander. Elder Meyer, Donnie’s uncle consoled her father. He ced his palm on Xander’s
shoulder, patting it.
“We’ll search for her….” He uttered but Donnie’s mother cut him shirt.
“It’ll do no good. Meyer. No good at all. Once Donnie has made up her mind, that’s the end. She’s
always been like that.”
Quite right. I understood their pain but it was the least of my concern. What bothered me most was why
Donnie would mention me in her letter. We haven’t even met and sgesylecturing ne on what I’m to do.
Sgeigot so much audacity.
Taking a second look around the room. I noticed a portrait on the wall. It was that of a flower. For some
reasons, it looked familiar but I can’t figure out exactly where I’ve seen it. The picture was that if a print,
but it had a typical uniqueness I couldn’t exin.
“Where have I seen this?” I stared at the portrait continuously for a long while.
“Let me in, you dummy!” Laryl said inside me.
“Stay back…” Before I could shut him offpletely, he opened the connection. between us without
me being able to close it.
“That’s weird. Laryl never has such powers against my human senses except when agitated.
“Is something wrong?”
“Don’t question me, dummy! The flower was given to us at that ce, remember?
Then it clicked. The peony brooch the olddy gave me. Quickly. I dipped my hand into my pants’
pocket and brought out the brooch,paring it with the portrait. It looked exactly the same with the
same hidden inscription, “Dona,” written on it.
“What’s that with you, Alpha? Where did you get this?” Donnie’s father collected it from me in a rush,
inspecting it.
This is for our daughter, where did you get it?”
“Someone gave it to me. She found it some……Wait, did you just say she’s the owner of
this?”
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“Yes, she is.”
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Sudden realization hit me, my one-night stand mate is thedy arranged for me. No wonder she
showed up again. What a big mistake I’ve made.
“What’s wrong, Alpha?” Elder Meyer asked..
“She’s my mate.”
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