Chapter 22: twenty


    Author''s Note : I would be gone for a month. I usually stay busy with online ss and exams,


    assignments etc. It''s just a bit stressful for me and I wanted to take a small break. I hope you


    understand.


    - naomi xoxo


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    A pained groan leaves his lips as he sits up. He looks around finding himself in the middle of the forest,


    near the border of the pack. Confusion fills his mind when he couldn''t remember how he ended up here


    of all ces.


    He finds a few of his warriors a few distance away from him, the ones who were in charge of night


    patrol unconscious or just waking up and looking around them cluelessly. Clearly confused how they


    ended up almost at the edge of the forest.


    He could feel his wolf, trying tomunicate with him.


    "What is it?" Adryan questions.


    "Mate" Vince whimpers in his mind.


    "Jade" her name a whisper. It was like he was suddenly struck with an onught of memories. Him in


    his office. Catching her scent. Her trying to run away. Him chasing after her.


    That is all he could remember. His memories were hazy, like a series of blurred images. He started to


    panic. Where was she?!.


    He quickly stands up, going behind on of the trees and wearing the shorts he founds tucked into the


    bushes near by. His pack kept cloths around the forest, so whoever needed it could use it to cover


    themselves after shifting into their human form after a run.


    Adryan looks around him, he could catch her faint scent which stopped at the border of his pack. He


    seemed to quickly realize what had happened. She had manage to escape. She ran away. From him.


    It pained him to say it, and even think about it.


    Anger builds up inside him but mostly sadness, and remorse.


    He hadn''t felt so many emotions in a very long time, in fact years.


    In between all this his wolf''s constant whimpers weren''t helping his case either.


    "What is it?" He snaps at Vince. Trying to get through his wolf through themon link they shared.


    "I can''t tell you" he whimpers.


    "What do you mean you can''t tell me?!" Adryan asks "Do you know something I should know about?!"


    Adryan had a feeling that his wolf knew something, but his wolf wouldn''t say what it was for whatever


    the reason was.


    "Tell me" he insists.


    "She wouldn''t want us to" Vince whispers, sadnesscing his voice.


    Vince retreats back into Adryan''s mind, causing him to panic.


    "Vince! Vince".


    His wolf''s silence was all he got in return.


    A roar leaves Adryan''s lips, his chest aching. Startling the still in distress warriors who just woke up


    from whatever spell they were under. His roar shook the forest floor, birds fly out of the trees startled as


    well.


    He punches a nearby tree, snapping it into two in one go.


    She can run as much as she want now. But he wasn''t one to give up so easily. He was going to find her


    no matter whatever it took. No matter how long, he would find her.


    "I''m going to find you, Jade. It''s only a matter of time." He whispers.


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    Jade has been running in her wolf form for almost seven hours now, it was a miracle that she hadn''t


    copsed face first into the forest floor with exertion.


    She was almost at the ce Violet had asked her to stop and wait for her Aunt. Who would be waiting


    for Jade in a ck car near the edge of the forest.


    Kira, Jade''s wolf was cautious while manuvering her way through the forest, it was clear to her that Kira


    knew about Jade''s pregnancy way before her.


    Kiraes to a stop at the edge of the forest, she looks around for the car or a woman. She couldn''t


    shift into her human side since she couldn''t see, it was a blessing that she could in her wolf form,


    thanks to her werewolf eyesight.


    She''d have to spot the car and then shift.


    Suddenly she could pick up the rumble of a car headed her way. She watched as a ck car parked


    itself at the edge of the forest, a few meter away from where she herself stood in her wolf form.


    . A woman, probably in herte forties got out of the car. She had dark brte hair like Violet but blue


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    eyes instead of Violets''s dark green eyes. She could spot the familiarities among them. This woman


    had a calm aura around her which put Kira at ease.


    Kira stepped out of the forest, and she could hear the woman let out an audible gasp at spotting her


    ck wolf with white highlights. It was unusual for wolves to have two colours on their fur. Werewolves


    were only seen to be in one colour as a whole but here she was, a mixture of midnight ck and


    white.


    Well, she was a Hybrid too. Which was also said to be extinct nowadays. So, Jade wasn''t a normal


    werewolf in that sense.


    Kira takes no time in shifting back into her human form. Jade felt relieved to be back. She had not been


    in her wolf form for this long. It was refreshing. Feeling the wind whip her fur around but it was


    exhausting too and her being pregnant didn''t help that factor at all.


    Jade immediately takes out the clothes from the duffle bag she had been carrying in her wolf form


    mped between her jaw.


    After getting dressed, she walks towards where she remembered the woman stood.


    "Hi, I''m Jade" Jade speaks up, unsure of herself.


    "Hi Dear, my name is Scarlett Harvey, I''m Violet''s aunt". Scarlett was a sweet woman even now she


    oozed warmth and kindness which made Jade and Kira rx.


    Her wolf senses never betrayed her.


    "I hope I''m not disturbing your life bying here, Mrs Harvey —" Jade starts to say but gets cut off by


    Scarlett scoffing yfully.


    "Honey, please call me Scarlett, Mrs Harvey makes me sound old and besides now you are family."


    This causes Jade to smile at her words, family. She tried not to think about her parents and pack much,


    it just bought a load of nightmares along  and Jade had enough on her te at the moment.


    "Thankyou, Mrs — Scarlett" corrects herself at thest moment causing Scarlett to chuckle.


    "Oh, please don''t be so formal with me. And oh, let me take those bags, you might be tired". Scarlett


    takes the duffel bag from Jade, surprising her since she didn''t have time to react.


    "No, I can handle it"  Jade tries to say but Scarlett has already opened the back of her car stuffing the


    bag inside.


    "Come on, it''s about an hour drive. You can sleep in the car" Scarlett says.


    Scarlett helps Jade into the passenger seat and gets herself into the driver seat. Jade could feel the


    ignition of the car turn on with a rumble.


    Her side of the window was rolled down, letting the wind whip her hair and face as the car drove


    forward.


    "I''m going to find you, Jade. It''s only a matter of time."


    She lets put a gasp startled, it was just a mere whispers but she was able to understand the words. Her


    body tenses in realization. They had started a bond when they mated. The first stage of marking ones


    mate.


    She was sure it was him. It was Adryan''s voice she had heard in her head.


    "What happened?" Scarlett asks, managing to catch Jade''s change in demeanor.


    "Nothing. It''s nothing".