Third Person's POV
Alpha Kane furrows his brows as he hears what Azure just said to him; he? Assaulted Wilder? No! That is impossible. He took a deep breath to stabilize his emotions.
"Azure, I'm afraid that there has been a mix up somewhere."
Azure turned to look at him, "I never make a mistake when I am reading someone's memories."
" And I did not assault Wilder."
Without uttering another word to Kane, Azure used the same method that he used in Wilder to read Kane's memories, he frowned and tried it two more times.
" Now?", Asked Alpha Kane.
" It seems that your enemies have grown more powerful than before."
"I do not understand."
"You see Kane, the person I saw in his memories looked exactly like you, whoever that is behind all of the happenings in this Pack is not joking around."
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Meanwhile at the rose garden, David had his face on Mia's neck as she rubbed his back soothingly. He inhaled her scent and it calmed his nerves. He removed his face from her neck and locked eyes with her.
"Do you want to talk about it?"Mia asked.
"Yeah", David answered weakly.
He adjusted himself comfortably on the wooden bench.
"Normally", David begins,"Six weeks before the ceremony of our Pack. The ceremony is normally done to present the next Alpha to the Pack."
"Okay", Mia nods.
"I am meant to visit all the sections of the Pack and offer assistance to the Pack members by giving alms, settling disputes, you know."
"Yeah, I understand."
"But just last week, Pack members started disappearing, both children, Betas. In just six days fifteen of our Pack members are missing."
Mia frowns
" Fifteen?", Mia asks.
" Yeah", David nods," fifteen."
Tears begin to form in his eyes
" Yeah, I'm failing them. When I go to visit the elders, the Betas, I see the way they look at me in disappointment. I'm a failure."
" No, don't say that."
" I heard one of the elders say that I am unfit to rule if I can't find one missing Pack member."
" What's his name?"
" Owen."
Mia laughs gently, making David confused.
" Well David, Owen is wrong. I am going to help you find the missing Pack members. I'm going to accompany you on every visit you make. We will find them, I promise."
David smiles. His mood changed from sad to hopeful. He hugs her tight.
" Um, you are suffocating me", Mia says.
"Oh sorry."
"Let's go."
They get up from the bench and head to David's room where he opens a hidden compartment on the floorboards and brings up a file.
"We will need this."
He throws it in his bag and turns to Mia who gives him a small smile. They walk out of the room folding hands and down the stairs. David turns and smiles at Mia and opens the front door revealing Alpha Kane who is standing there.
He looks at David to Mia and then stares down at their interlocked hands.
"Where are you going off to at this hour of the day?", he asks.
"I and Mia have decided that we will go together when attending to the affairs of the pack. We are mates after all."
David looks at Mia who gives him a small smile.
"It's late, she can't go with you."
"Father…"
"You know no one will dare hurt you but when they see you and your mate, they will try to hurt her to hurt you."
Mia frowns at Alpha Kane's words but smiles afterwards
" It's okay David. Some Other time, we'll go together."
David reluctantly agrees.
Mia opens her arms and hugs David, before releasing him she plants a quick kiss on his cheek. He grins at her before turning to leave in his car.
Mia waves him off till she can no longer see his car.
" You know Alpha Kane, I know you are just pretending to care when in actual sense you do not. Stop it, it's disgusting."
Alpha Kane move closer to Mia
" It's a good thing you know your place here."
Mia scoffs
" I do not have a place here with you Alpha Kane, my place is above yours which you can never reach even though you try for many years."
Alpha Kane fumes and passes Mia hitting her shoulder hard with his. Mia rolls her eyes and stands at the entrance of the house for sometime.
" Mia", Elissa softly calls her.
" Luna, how are you?"Mia smiles and asks.
Elissa looks around to ensure that they are alone.
"I am fine, I need to tell you a secret because it is only you that I can trust", Elissa whispers to her.