Chapter 53


    It’s 3 am, we have driven all the way through the major city. We have been driving with the windows


    down to keep track of Nina’s scent. Leon is growing weary and tired.


    “Leon, maybe I should drive for a while?’


    ‘No, Nina’s scent is bing fainter. We don’t have time to pull over, not even for a moment. You


    knowst time I came through this city to track down a scent, it was to find your mother after Alice the


    cook threatened to kill her.’


    Why would the cook threaten to kill my mother?’


    “Her daughter Vanessa, was in love with your father and was to be his chosen mate and Luna. He


    didn’t love Vanessa though; the council was forcing the arrangement onto him and then everything


    changed when he met your mother. He was so happy to have found your mother, Astrid. I remember


    when she wouldn’t believe we were werewolves or that they existed. Jim from the diner shifted in front


    of her and boy, did she cry wolf! The Diner was a mess after that. We had found your mother in Shady


    Crest. Alpha Zenith had been keeping her prisoner in the cells and was going to make his son mark


    her. He had captured Seth when he was looking for her in the city and ced him down in the cells with


    her, too. That’s where I met Amelia, my mate. She was down there too.’


    ‘Mum was a prisoner at Shady Crest?’ May says bewildered.


    Yes, she was. We were able to free them all just in time, as Astrid had her first shift. Any longer and it


    would have been toote, as Alpha Zenith’s son would have marked and mated her.’


    Dad had an arranged mateship against his will, just as I currently have, but then he met Mum just in


    time to break the arrangement. Now, ironically, I’m in the same boat. I just have to break Nina’s curse.


    ‘Shit, I can’t smell her scent.’ Leon says.


    He pulls over and shifts into his wolf and sniffs around. May and step out of the car. Although we can


    pick up scents, it is much easier to do so in wolf form.


    He mind-links the warriors.


    ‘They have also lost her scent and have spread out further to cover all tracks.’ He tells us.


    Should we spread out too?’ May asks.


    ‘No, if we continue south, we will eventually hit snowy weather and we won’t be able to pick up


    anyone’s scent, and may be lost. Let’s follow this road South for now and hopefully we will pick


    her scent up again along the way.’


    By 8 am we are half asleep. Leon swerves the car as he falls asleep.


    ‘Leon! I yell, grabbing the steering wheel. He wakes up and quickly puts his foot on the brake.


    ‘We are no good, dead to Nina. We have no choice but to sleep, then continue searching for her.’ May


    yells.


    Neither of us argues with her. She is right.


    Leon pulis over and we sleep in the car and wake in the afternoon.


    “We should eat’ May says


    ‘No, we should get drying and find Nina’


    Dad! You need to eat, we all do whai good are we if we are weak when we find her and need to fight?’


    Leon yt silent as he drives to a diner


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    We bod, watkin, and ce our order


    I literally whale my massive pile of eggs and bacon down. While Mav inhales a stack of teen pancakes


    swimming in golden Syrup


    Leon eats the breakfast tter with baked beans, bacon, toast, and mushrooms,


    As soon as we finish eating, we head to the car. Ike over driving while Leon sticks his head out the


    window and tries to pick up Nina’s scent. We spend all afternoon and half the night driving. Panic is


    building up inside me as I fear for Nina’s safety.


    pull over just in time as my eyes turn ck and yell in pain.


    His wolf dad! We have to stop him from shifting.’ May yells.


    May jumps out of the back seat and opens up the driver’s side. It’s dark, but being werewolves, we can


    see well. May holds my hand,


    Think of Nina, think of all the fun times you had. The swims in theke, the trees you climbed, the time


    she filled the washing machine with bubble bath.’


    My wolf calms and I burst intoughter at the memory.


    ‘It wasn’t Nina who filled it with bubbles, it was me. It was always me doing the wrong thing. Yet she


    always took the me. She was always protecting me.’ I confess.


    ‘Nina got into so much trouble because of that.’ Leon growls.


    I suppose now is the time to confess. I also broke May’s window and hid in her closet. Nina was with


    me, but she didn’t hide. Instead, yet again she took the me.’ A terrible feeling washes over me.


    ‘Nina, please be okay.’ I cry out to the moon.


    Something whacks my head.


    *Ow!’ I look up at May


    ‘That’s for breaking my window.’ She whacks me again.


    Ow!’


    That’s for letting Nina take the me.’


    She goes to whack me across the head again.


    “And this one is for you to snap out of it and pull yourself together,


    Leon grabs her wrist in time.


    Thar’s enough May, it’s obvious he has learned his lesson and feels guilty for it.’


    May sighs ‘You’re right, let’s get some sleep and continue our search when we wake.’


    We fall asleep and wake up mid-morning


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    should…’


    “No! May and I shout.


    We are staying. We won’t go back either until we find Nina.’ I growl.


    ‘Let’s drive to the next town and ask locals there if they have seen Nina’ May says.


    We spend four hours driving to the next town. It’s just as cold as the town we hade from.


    May and I are in the back seat, hovering our hands over the car heater. Our breath is foggy from the


    cold air.


    “Do you think Moss is looking after her?’ May sobs.


    “If he truly cares for Nina, he would not have kidnapped her. I just hope she is okay, and that she


    knows we won’t give up on her.’


    ‘It’s her eighteenth next week. If we haven’t found her by then, maybe she will shift and be able to fight


    Moss and free herself?’


    ‘May, I don’t think I could go another day without her.’