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“I am taking in Hannah for questioning, you follow the others through the tunnels and arrest them.
Princess A has escaped her kidnappers. We need to search the woods for her” I mindlink the
warriors, as Jay mindlinks his pack members.
We rush back to the pack house, without needing to speak, we both know where we want to go.
Likewise, we walk her to Jay’s office, his eyes glossed over on the way there. As we arrived, Tessie
was waiting for us, arms crossed over her chest and a face that spelled trouble.
“I am sorry, I had to, she is A’s mother after all” Jay whispered to me.
Now that I was so close to having my mate back, I could hear the double meaning of Jay’s words. It
made sense that he told Tessie, as she was his mate and A’s mother. But I just knew he made it
clear that A’s fierceness came from her mother and not him.
“Jay, Griffin, please tell me that you did not hurt a she–wolf, however despicable she is?” Tessie asked,
there was an edge to her voice I could not quite ce.
She has been through a lot too, so I didn’t think too much of it. Not until I noticed the regretful look on
Jay’s face. I knew it wasn’t because he hit
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Hannah because he hadn’t been alone with her. The answer came in the form of Tessie’s fist, socking
Hannah right in the nose. There was a sickening crunch like someone crumbled up a cracker. Then my
sweet, caring, and gentle mother–inw shook her hand to loosen her fingers. Preparing for the next
punch.
“Tessie, she is pregnant” I yelled at her, I knew she wouldn’t want to beat up a pregnant wolf.
“Lucky you, I care for your unborn mutt more than you did for my pup” She snarled at Hannah.
But she opened the door to the office and took a seat. We had Hannah sit down across from Tessie. As
we sat down next to our respective mate and mother–inw.
“Like I told you, Hannah, I can give both you and David a royal pardon for the execution. But only if you
tell me what happened. Starting by what caused you to run out this morning” I told her.
I wanted to know all that had happened, and how my sweet mate had been treated. That wasn’t the
priority now, though. Knowing how she had managed to escape. What she had with her, how long she
had been gone etcetera, etcetera would provide me with the most answers.
“Nobody, gets this, but I love David, I do. He isn’t as bad as you all think he is. But the things his father
did to him. That would mess with
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everyone’s head” She sobs, I roll my eyes and am about to snap at her to hurry it along.
But
When Tessie speaks up; “Then why did you two not mate, it is his pup you are carrying is it not?”
Hannah, by the looks of it, still rightfully scared of Tessie, just nodded” at this. But Tessie surprises all of
us by putting her hand on Hannah’s. Thetter flinches, but she doesn’t pull her hand back.
But
“I am a mother too Sweetheart and your pupes first, make us understand why we should not just
execute you and David. And your pup with it” The sweet caring Tessie that held Hannah’s hand was
reced by the ice–cold venomous woman that just punched a younger girl in the face.
Honestly, she was kind of scary, and I was d I was on her good side. It was effective though
because Hannah crumbled and started sobbing again. But this time she wasn’t just crying, telling all of
us how much she loved that son of a bitch. Now he told me about the punishments. About A being
chained to the bed, and not getting fed enough. My knuckles turned white from the force I used to hold
the top of the desk. All to try to stop myself fromshing out at Hannah, either verbally or physically.
“When we were having breakfast this morning Jason, my brother
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mindlinked me that A had escaped and that he had found David unconscious” While I resent,
Hannah I understand why she ran out of her like she did.
I would have done the same if anybody at all had mindlinked me that they found A unconscious.
While David, dide to, he had trouble speaking and when Hannah arrived we did too so she didn’t
have a lot of time to talk to him.
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What her brother let her know he suspects though is that A realizing, David forgot to chain her to the
bed after she had passed out again and had tried to kill David. All so she could get the keys from his
body and escape. She seeded in getting the keys and escaping, as we all knew by now. But she
didn’t seed in killing David.
Everything indicated that she had suffocated David, he was found with a pillow on his face. He must
have passed out and stopped struggling, and she must have seized the opportunity and ran. Leaving
us with the question of why she wasn’t here yet. More so since Jason, thinking David had died, ran out
again to find A to make sure that she couldn’t escape and tell me or the others about his
involvement. And he had not found her, so he went back and mindlinked his sister.
It must have been hours ago and she knew the way around these parts because it is where he grew
up.
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“Crown prince, we followed them for as far as we could but they blocked the tunnel. With silverting
and rocks, there is no way we can break through it. This must have been a nned escape route.?”
One of my warriors mindlinks me as we are just wrapping up questioning Hannah.
“You cane back to the BloodMoon pack, you can take a break. I’ll go out to join the search for the
princess with a fresh group of warriors” I
answer.
“None of us want toe back when the Princess is still out there. We much rather join the search for
our Princess.” Another warrior answers
1. me.
Their answer warms my heart and the thing is, I know they will not get rest. Not when they want to be
out there searching for A. The pack bound is a wonderful thing. It makes us stronger, it does more
for us than anything else does.
“She will be happy to hear how much all of you care for her, I will see
you out there in a bit,” I tell all of them before I step out of the room. To be met with the rest of my
warriors, who all have heard that A has escaped but seems to be lost or hurt in the woods.
“We are here to help you find our Princess,” one of them tells me, I feel the swirl of warmth you can
only feel when the pack bond is getting
stronger.
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And I hope A is out there somewhere, and she feels this warmth in her heart too. Hopefully, it gives
her some strength to hold on and wait for me.
Now that we are safe, we all shift to our wolf forms because that makes it easier to find A. Everyone
stayed between the entrance of the dungeon and the pack house. But we cannot find her there, and
the thing is if she did that. She would have already found her way back to the pack house.
“I think we need to go in the other direction” I mindlink everybody
They all follow me and soon it turns out I was right. The scent of A is getting stronger and stronger.
At first, it seems like she has just passed through here because we do not see her. Until I suddenly
spot a secluded cave, what if she needed a rest? Which makes sense with all that
Hannah told me. So I rush up to the entrance to the cave only to be met with a horrifying sight”
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