Chapter 7：Delayed

Liam’s POV

We’ve been searching for Cynthia for days now, and we still can’t find her.

Elena and I have been heading the search – we’re her two best friends. We both love her. Both the Blood Moon pack and the Darkfang pack have gotten involved. We’ve been doing everything we can to bring her back. I’ve been doing everything I can to bring her back.

But it’s no use.

I miss her. I miss her desperately.

I sigh, staring down at the map in front of me. Another scout enters the room and gives his report–yet another area without Cynthia. I cross it off the map. The scout leaves to go search another location. I bury my head in my hands.

Where could she be?

The realization that I may never get her back is unbearably painful. What am I supposed to do without her?

‘You shouldn’t have rejected her,’ my wolf Aspen says mournfully.

‘I had to,’ I argue, but I’m not even sure how much I believe that myself anymore.

I remember the way Cythia used to play tricks on me during training when we were you