Chapter 55


    Reid’s POV


    Zoe’s friend was extremely useful, I could tell years of being a Hunter himself had him still wary of Abel


    and myself. I could also tell; he was trying his best to conceal his difort. Hunters are raised in


    families who have generations of Hunters following in the footsteps of their forefathers. I didn’t expect


    him to drop everything he has been raised to believe. I could tell he had only juste around to the


    idea that not all of us were bad, that didn’t make him morefortable though, so Abel and I let Zoe do


    most of the talking. This was her area of expertise even though she retired decades ago.


    Abel and I were organising what was left of both Packs into scout teams, which was easy over the mind


    link for me, but David’s Pack discovered Abel didn’t need to be a Pack member. Being half Lycan


    allowed him tomunicate with David’s Pack members, he was able to contact Michael for me. I


    wondered why Aria never talked about the fact she could mind link any wolf. I also learned that Michael


    lost his mate in the war, Elizabeth. My Pack took the biggest blow; we lost two hundred and nine Pack


    members; David’s side only lost seventy-one members. The Crescent Pack, another neighbouring


    Pack outside the city, was on their way over to give us a lending hand. I was grateful, but we didn’t


    have the best rtionship with them. We were currently waiting for the Crescent Pack Alpha to arrive


    before we made our move.


    Abel also was able to verify Kade was, in fact, the same man from his younger years. We were still


    trying to figure out how the heck he had managed to prolong his life. Johnathan the Hunter that was


    helping had taken plenty of surveince footage of trucksing in and out of the city heading towards


    the area where the tunnels cut off one of those photos were of Kade. We knew now they must have


    built a headquarters just outside the city. Our scouts at the moment were verifying that’s where the


    tunnels lead to.


    Right now, we were waiting for people to start arriving. When we heard the familiar ding of the diner


    bells ringing, I knew instantly it was the Alpha from the Crescent Pack. I looked at the screen above the


    bunker door. I looked at Abel, and he nodded. I walked upstairs.


    Walking upstairs, I came to find four enforcers and the Alpha Trent and his young son. Who looked to


    be thirteen? I thought he was insane for bringing his son until I remembered my brother and I were


    taught by our father the same way with hands-on experience.


    “Alpha Trent, thanks foring,” I said, holding my hand out. Alpha Trent was a giant of man, his arms


    flexing as he shook my hand. He had shoulder-length blonde hair that was tied at the back of his neck


    and dark, almost ck eyes. Anyone else would be intimidated just by the look of him, but I felt no such


    things. They were the third biggest Pack, but after our loss, our numbers were pretty much the same as


    theirs now.


    “Alpha Reid, nice to finally put a face to the name, this is my son Damien.” His son put his hand out,


    and I quickly shook it giving him a nod.


    “If you want to follow me, I will show you downstairs, please be mindful there are two retired Hunters so


    I would appreciate if you didn’t kill my mate''s grandmother or her friend, they are helping us locate my


    mate and our missing Pack members” He nodded once, but I was a little concerned still. It was unheard


    of to have Hunters working alongside the very thing they hunted.


    I was halfway down the stairs when I felt it, a wave of emotion hit me. I grabbed onto the handrail and


    doubled over. Zane would be here any second, and if I feel this bad, he would be ten times worse.


    Forcing myself back up the stairs, I shoved past everyone.


    “Alpha Reid, what''s going on?” I looked back at them. Trent looked up at me rmed.


    “I need to get to my Beta,” I gasped out, forcing my legs to keep moving up the stairs. I had just walked


    out to the diner''s dining area when I saw Zane’s car run straight into a telegraph pole out the front. The


    howl that resonated through the air chilled me to the bone. I ran to open the door just in time for Zane’sPublished by N?v''elD/rama.Org.


    wolf to break through the door of the car, ripping it clean off. His howls agonised as he threw himself at


    the ground.


    I ran towards him, Zane had no control left, his wolf taking over as I felt Christine’s teether to us break,


    her life slipping from us. Zane’s agonised screams resonating through my head at the loss of his mate.


    And our Beta female. I hesitantly walked over to him; his wolf was whining,pletely devastated.


    “Zander,” I called to Zane’s wolf, he lifted his head at themand of his Alpha, he took a step towards


    me, teeth bared, I knew he wouldn’t attack me. I knew his wolf well; he made a noise that sounded


    strangled. “You need to give Zane control.”


    His wolf whined and then howled, I could hear how broken he was, I could feel it. I looked back towards


    the diner. Alpha Trent and Abel were watching a knowing look on their faces. I didn’t have to exin


    anything. The sounds he was making told everyone what broke him. But right now, I needed him to


    focus, move through the pain he still had to find his daughter.


    I put my hand on his head. “Zander, give Zane control, we still need to find your pup, your little girl


    buddye on.” He whined before I watched him shift, Alpha Trent walked out with a towel Zoe had


    given him. I threw it over his naked body. Tears running down his face as sobs wracked his body. I had


    never seen him like this, my strong best friend, now broken. Alpha Trent helped me get him up and


    inside the diner.


    We ced him on a chair, Abel came out with a change of clothes and handed them to him. He took


    them with one hand. His eyes looking at us were empty and hollow. It was like looking into the eyes of


    my father, nothing left, just an empty vessel.


    After a few more minutes of silence, he pulled himself together and stood up pulling the pants up


    before doubling over again. I turned around horrified praying to the goddess it wasn’t Amber, but then I


    felt it too. My breathing bing harder, my skin burning, my eyes watering. Something was terribly


    wrong. I could hear Trent yelling at his men to do something, anything. He wasn’t prepared to deal with


    this, none of us were when we realised we were all linked to Aria the way we were. I didn’t even have a


    chance to warn him before both Zane, and I passed out. The pain bing too much. If this keeps up,


    we were never going to have a chance to find them. Myst thought was trying to mind link Aria.


    “Keep fighting, stay alive, so we can find you.”