CHAPTER 135 : PANIC

ROWAN

Everything is moving too fast, yet not fast enough.

Wolves are running, voices are shouting, and I feel trapped in a slow-motion nightmare, each second dragging on while the urgency inside me screams for action.

My heart is racing in my chest, fear gripping every part of me, and I know -I just know- that Jhenelle is no longer here.

Dominic… he was here.

He must have taken her out of the park.

The bastard.

"She is not here," I whisper, more to myself than to anyone else.

But Viktor, standing close, hears me.

"Rowan, we are doing everything we can," he says firmly. His voice is calm, but I can see the tension in his eyes.

He is scared too.

But that fear, it is not enough.

It will not bring her back.

We have to do something.

I have to do something.

Sitting here, waiting for others to find her, is not an option.

It just will not work.

"No," I say louder now, my throat tight as I turn to face him. "No, Viktor. You do not understand. She is not in the settlement. He would