Chapter 42 Zayn~


    "I figured the same thing, but how would she exin handing those photos over to her step father?"


    "I don''t think they''re for Cleo''s father, perhaps Alpha Dane? Joseph had a meeting with Alpha Dane earlier, they were spotted at the public library. Alpha Dane wont ept her if she isn''t a virgin, you know how religious his pack is." I press my lips in a line, the bastard was serious about marrying her off


    "TI handle it, somehow." I shake my head, annoyed at just the thought of her marrying anyone else


    "Are you gonna tell her?" Vance asks, and I sigh


    "No. I don''t want to put her at risk while she doesn''t have her wolf, she''ll have every Alpha after her trying to use her against me," I remind him. I wish this wasn''t the case, but right now it''s the only choice we have


    "Yeah, dad made sure to make a lot of enemies thest few years." I nod sadly. The weight of the past, heavy on my shoulders


    "TI figure it out, Boyd won''t be getting his hands on her, I will kill him and dere war before I allow him to marry my mate," I growl in annoyance


    "We''ll, I''m off to check border patrols, I will organize some men on her borders and tell them to keep their distance, and to remain on neutral


    territory." I nod, waving him off while I ponder what to do about the marriage alliance Alpha Joseph has nned for his daughter. There is no way I will allow her to marry anyone else


    I must have dozed off at some point because I wake to my notification ringtone ring. It takes me a few seconds toe to my senses and shut it off, only to see I have a message from Cleo


    "Is she okay?" Zarek, my wolf asks, stirring awake at the thought of her. He presses beneath my skin and I open the message


    Cleo: ''Deacon is missing. Can you check the club''s footage fromst night? Maybe it can help us find out where he went.''


    I groan, sick of hearing about the weasel but quickly reply if it means seeing her again. I may


    Just watch her boundaries myself if it means being close to her all the time. I quickly type my reply and hit send


    Me: ''Deacon is missing? I saw himst night before I left. He was dancing with Lydia. I can meet you at the clubter, and we can go over the footage together.''


    Cleo replies almost instantly, agreeing to meet me at my club at 7 PM. Smiling to myself I check the time, I still have hours and decide to go shower, check on work and follow up on emails while I wait


    Heading upstairs to my room I grab some clothes, my wolf pressing excitedly beneath my skin urging me faster, and I roll my eyesPlease check at N/?vel(D)rama.Org.


    "Your eagerness will scare her off Zarek," I warn him, but he ignores me. Hopping in the


    shower I have just started washing myself when I hear my phone again


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    I step out of the shower, drying off and then reaching for my phone to see another message from Cleo


    Cleo: How about now? I''m headed to your club


    My brows furrow in confusion wondering what happened, but I need to sort a few things out first


    Me: What happened? We agreed on 7 PM. I have to stop by and check my brother has sorted your borders out before heading into the city


    I send back only for her reply toe back almost instantly


    Cleo: That''s fine, I will wait for you there. See you at 7


    I stare at the screen in confusion


    "Something happened," Zarek chimes 1n and I nod in agreement. Maybe her father found out about where she wasst night. That thought has me wondering if she 1s okay


    Me: I''ll get there as soon as possible, meet me at the bar


    Cleo sends me back a thumbs up. I don''t like the idea of her being at the club by herself, but I''ll message the staff to keep an eye on her. We have a function there tonight for one of the packs


    Drying myself quickly, I get dressed then mindlink Vance. "Did you sort out Cleo''s borders? I was going to stop by before heading into the city, but something must have happened, Cleo 1s heading there now." I tell


    him


    "Almost I am struggling with numbers, most are running rampant with the other packs, but I''m moving numbers around. I will have to man the doors at the club tonight for the ymore pack event. I need to send Michael in, most are refusing since Joseph isn''t in agreement. But Michael agreed to go," Vance tells me, and I nod along before Zarek speaks up


    "ymore, that''s Alpha Dane''s pack, right?" Zarek asks, cutting through the mindlink. I nod to him before recognition of his words hits me


    "Fuck, I gotta go. That means Boyd will be at the club." I tell Vance before cutting the mindlink. Snatching my phone, I try calling Cleo to tell her to meet somewhere else or toe here, but I get no answer. With a growl, I snatch my keys up and jog downstairs. Zarek


    presses beneath my skin, urging me faster


    "He better not think about touching our mate," Zarek grumbles at me as I jam the keys in the ignition. I tear out of the pack territory and onto the highway heading toward the city only toe to a screeching stop when I see cars lined up and smoke ahead. "Fuck!" peering out the window I realize it''s a car ident. I reach for my phone only to find I have no reception here


    Great, just fucking great