Present Day
Arthur Adamos' POV
I was looking at the ship that was coming to the dock. It has been 5 years since Xavier, our former Beta to step on this island. Since he was gone to follow his mate to Italy, my brother, Zack who was an Omega was promoted to be a Beta.
But since last month, he was been missing.
I cannot think of anything that might be the reason for his missing. People talked that he was being rejected by his mate but I doubted that. Who doesn't want to be my brother's mate?
I took the rope and tied to the jetty as I was looking at the familiar brunette hair and grey eyes but the male version of my wife. I smiled at him before Xavier was helping his wife to get off the ship.
She was a fair lady, with blonde hair and green eyes.
Then I saw his mother, my mother-in-law as they went to walk on the jetty and I greeted them before Xavier was looking at me.
"So, was it true?" He asked me with all seriousness before his wife was slapping his arm. He turned to look at the Italian woman.
"Can we move to our house first? I have been acting weird and I think I need to lie down," she said in English as she was rubbing her temple. Then I saw that Xavier was changing altogether.
"Sorry, Stella. I have neglected you," he replied before I was amused to see that the serious Xavier was being all flustered and worried over his wife.
"Hello, brother," My wife greeted her family after she was looking after our daughter, Alexis, in her arms.
"Diana!" Her mother called before they were hugging each other. I was smiling before Xavier was urging us to get to the safety of the dock. I cannot think of anything else before I was pulling Diana and her mother to safety. Alexis was snuggling into my wife's arm.
"Here, let me," I said as I took her into my arms before I saw that Diana was getting acquainted with her sister-in-law.
"They get on pretty well, aren't they?" Xavier asked as the three women were talking among them. I sighed before Xavier was looking at me.
"So, was it true?" He asked again and I think it was about Zack.
"I don't know. It was hard to know when there was a lot of rumor among these werewolves nowadays. It was not the same as 5 years ago," I said as I was shushing my daughter who stirred in her sleep.
"What Caleb say about this?" Xavier asked as we were walking toward the car that I have reserved for their arrival. Diana made sure that her family will not be neglected.
"I don't know. The Alpha was getting much more on his plate these days with his triplets." I said as I was chuckling when I remembered that he was distressed when one of them was having the flu and Zack was here to heal him.
"If Zack did disappear at that time, I don't know what will happen to him," I said truthfully before I was getting to the driver seat as Diana has taken Alexis with her and set in the back seat with other women. Xavier was taking the passenger seat before I was moving out of the dock and we were getting to the community.
It has changed for the last 5 years. With the new Luna and all the laws that were changing to embrace the New and Old ways, I think it was for the best.
But still, the old ways win as I know why Zack was running away. His mate has rejected him and he felt that he was unworthy to be here anymore. That's why he was in hiding right now.
I was looking at the road as we were entering the familiar street of the gated community. The tourists did not know of our existence as we make sure it stays that way. We cannot risk any more exposure, not with another shifter that was populating Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus.
But that was not our concern right now.
Right now, I wanted to know where my brother was. I have to bring him back and maybe helped him to get over the rejection that he was experiencing right now. In a meantime…
"What do you think of the house that Alpha Caleb gave to you, brother?" Diana asked as we were parked in front of the new house for the Beta. Zack has occupied another house since he was first and foremost as Omega but right now…
I sighed as I remembered the house that was being abandoned by him. I cannot go there and saw the remnants of my brother. I only have him now in my life since my mother had died 3 years ago.
"Well, I think it was a better improvement," Xavier said before we got off and helped them to settle in. Mother was looking around as she will not be staying here since she had found her mate now. She was married to him after Beta has been brutally killed for treason 5 years back after Caleb found his mate, a few months after I had Diana.
"I think this will do splendidly," Xavier's wife, Stella, said as she was looking around like a child that has opened her Christmas present.
"Stella, be careful, my love," Xavier said as his wife was taking the stairs. She rolled her eyes at him.
"I am not heavily pregnant yet, mister. And I can take care of myself," she snapped before Xavier was cursing under his breath. His wife reminded me of Diana too much. I think it was our destiny to have a spitfire for a mate.
"Well, I think I will take my leave now. Arthur if you please," my mother asked before I kissed Diana to let him have some catching up with her brother as I went to send mother home.
Diana Adamos' POV
"So, will you tell me or should I learn this on my own?" Xavier asked me as I was looking at sleeping, Alexis. She was so peaceful right now before I sighed.
"Fine, I will tell you the story but I hope you will not get mad," I said as I was staring at him. He nodded.
"Zack was supposed to be mated with Samantha," I said as he was arching his eyebrows.
"Sam? What happened then?" He asked me. I sighed as I was rubbing my temple. This second pregnancy was killing me with my brother being a noisy person right now.
"I don't know the detail but I heard that Sam and her mother have escaped a toxic relationship with her father and they were seeking protection here. Sam did not know she was a werewolf until she came here and I think with Zack's history of being an outsider before he was appointed Beta, I think Sam was wary with him," I said as I was looking at Xavier.
He appeared to be deep in thoughts.
"Then, do you have any clue where Zack might have been?" He asked me as I shook my head.
"No, the only person that ever talk to Zack was Caleb, Damien, and Sam before she learned Zack was her mate, that is," I said before Xavier nodded, trying to find a solution to this problem.
"Well, I think the best we talk to Caleb and Damien and perhaps later Sam. I think that will be the best course of action," he spoke as I sighed.
"I hope that will be the best for Sam as well," I said as I was staring into the woods.