Chapter Two

         "Tara's in the kitchen." Jordan said. Referring to the Alpha of Sliver pack. Onyx entered the cabin, making his was through series of turns before entering the kitchen. There were more wolves in siting on the table – the head enforcer, the beta pair and Alpha and his mate. They didn't look happy to see him, not the enforcers or Beta pair and especially not the Alpha, Tara. Onyx knew then why he had been feeling impending anxiety since morning; they all knew the truth, about Tasha being his mate. 

   

        He knew this would happen anyway, and not one to play games of words or pretence, he said, facing them. "You knew."

        "Yes I know." Tara said, her voice sharp. Her mate, Ethan put a hand on her shoulder, clearly to prevent her from flying at Onyx, she was knew for her hot temper and anymore stupid enough to be fooled by her small status paid for it, she's very powerful and scary if she wanted to be, most people in the shifter community stay clear of her.

      

     "Is this where you'll tell me to stay away from Tasha?" He asked. But he knew they wouldn't have success in that front. He had tried many times to stay away from her himself, it didn't work. 

    "It's the least you can do." Bree, the beta female said through clenched teeth. She's a close friend of Tasha. Who did Tasha not make friends with? She's always making friends and inspiring loyalty and protectiveness from people. The enforcer beside her shifted and Onyx noticed that it was Royd siting there. The male enforcer was been a very close friend of Tasha too and Onyx had once before have a suspicious of a relationship– he hated the dick Royd for this. 

    Normally his wolf would have move my the sight of all this people who get to spend time with Tasha but not now, now his wolf was restless, trying to tell him something and angry that Onyx had not figured it out. Onyx looked around and instinctively sniff the room, what his wolf was trying to tell him smacked him mentally– he couldn't smell her, no , he could but Tasha's scent was faint, very faint. "Where is she?" Onyx asked.

      "That is not important at the moment." Ethan, the Alpha said. His blue eyes pricing Onyx. "What is important is that you should listen carefully to what I have to say now; we've just discovered that you and Tasha were mate and you both knew this for a long time and you Onyx had made up your mind not to claim her as your mate. Well, since you had no intention of claiming her, you are to leave her alone or it will be all out war with our packs." 

        The threat of war should probably be the first thing Onyx should think about. But war was very far away from his mind as his thought zeros on the fact the Tasha's scent was very faint, faint enough to suggest that she'd not been in the pack for a while. 

              

          "Where's she?" He asked again and stopped a growl as he watched two enforcers exchange looks. Probably think that he's not listening, despite the threat of war. 

    "Where she is, is not of your business." Tala snapped. The beta male nod his agreement. 

      "Tasha is and will always be my business." Onyx's voice had grown cold and firm. 

           Tala jumped to her feet, eyes flashing. Ethan's hand holding her was the only thing stoping her from jumping at Onyx. "You mother fucking bastard!" 

         "Shhhh, it's okay babe." Ethan spoke softly to Tala, but Tala shook her head angrily, angry tears pulling in her eyes. It was then that Onyx felt his spine tingle. For Tala to behave like this, where was Tasha? "It's because of this bastard dick that my best friend is gone!" She said angrily.

       Onyx felt the begining of a growl in his throat. "Gone where?" He demanded. His wolf moved inside him with intense agitation, needing to hunt down their mate.

     "She's gone somewhere you can't stalk her anymore, somewhere safe." Bree said.

    Onyx moved forward, making the sliver pack tense, ready to attack of necessary. Onyx don't give an actual fuck. "You think I want to harm her? You think am not all wound up from not having her? You think I have inner peace? Thinking about her all the time." 

       The wolves clam down a little, giving him pitying look but Onyx didn't want their pity, all he wanted was his mate. He gave Ethan an intense look. "Tell me where she is." Onyx command, giving Ethan an Alpha look, all the sliver wolf went still, but they didn't rush to defend their Alpha. It won't look good, it'll look like their Alpha can't stand his own. Ethan could stand his ground, he returned his look, eyes for eyes, everything in him communicating dominance. 

     "I don't want a challenge Onyx. We've been allies and we've fight along side each other many times. I know what you're feeling Onyx, I've gone through it before when my mate was kidnapped. But I won't stand to be challenging in my own pack." Ethan said.

         

       "If it was your mate Ethan and I know where she is and am not telling you? What will you do." 

    Ethan gave Onyx a cool look. "I won't have stayed away from her in the first place Onyx." 

      

         The male Beta, Ace spoke then. "If we thought for sure you wanted to know where she's for claiming her or for the right reason, we would tell you but no, you have no intention of claiming her, you just want to disrupt her life and that not good." 

     Bree looked at her mate, Ace foundly. "I know what it means Onyx, to let fear eat at you, fear to claiming your mate." And she did, she had once been a very traumatized wolf, damaged, on the edge of becoming a mindless beast; a rouge, that would have been killed then and fear of death and what would happen to her make kept her from bonding with him but bonding with him helped her on the long run. "You fear of putting her in danger but you should not have let that stopped you from claiming her." The danger she was referring to was the one of Tasha being challenged by dominant female not the one relating to his health. Bree was probably the only one who would understand. "You should have complete trust in her and let her choose it's her choice too you know, you might be surprised how much strength lies in her." 

        Onyx was too reserved to share and he didn't give the fuck about telling his story to anyone. He shook his head, impatient. "The dominant female don't even need to challenge her, they would just use their dominance power to make her submissive." 

     Tara spoke then, giving him an odd look. "All you need to know is that she's safe and if anything happens, I'll call you. I can promise you that." 

    As much as he was greatful for that, it wasn't going to be enough, he'd been fooling himself that being around Tasha from time to time is going to be enough, he should have known better. Now, faced with the stark reality of her being gone, he realized how much he had clung deep down to a little hope. Hope that one day, he might find a way around his problems. 

           Onyx forced himself to remain calm, but how could he remain relaxed? It fucking hurt, it hurt that she left just like that, how could she leave like that? When he didn't have the strength stay away from her. And he's angry too, angry at her for leaving him to start a new life without him and mostly especially angry at himself for pushing her to this. His wolf's fear mixed with his own, what if she wasn't as safe as the sliver pack thought she was? And what if she's happy in her new life? That thought brought Onyx pain because he knew that he'll do whatever it takes to make her happy. 

          He made up his mind, determined to find her.