5 - Keeping her safe

It’s been months since I’ve seen my mate, I know she’s still alive because Xaiver keeps telling me she is, my sweet Sadie, my love, I miss her too much, she is the one thing that keeps me calm.  I walk down to the stream that the old woman, claiming to be Sadie’s grandmother, said that Sadie would always go to, she also said Sadie was part witch.  The woman walked away the day we found Sadie’s blood and shredded clothing, the horrific scene stays in my mind.  I sit on a boulder next to the stream, imagining this is where she would sit and think.  I hope her grandmother will come back, if she is a witch or part witch, she should be able to help me find her.  I stand and walk around the area, looking down into the water when I hear a voice, “you won’t find her here anymore Alpha Michael,”

I look up and the old woman stands there looking at me, I clear my throat, “do you know where she is?”

She turns her back to me and starts to walk off, I yell out, “you say your part witch, then you should be able to track her down, if she is indeed your granddaughter as you say.”

She slowly turns towards me, she juts her chin out, “you didn’t keep her safe, it was one of your own that hurt her, tried to kill her, why would I tell you anything, she is safer wherever she is, away from you and your feral ways.”

I snarl at her, and she nods, “see you yourself cannot control your animalistic tendencies, my granddaughter is safe that is all you need to know, I sleep well with that knowledge Alpha Michael.”

I shake my head, “she is my mate, her heart belongs to me and mine to her, she will never truly be happy or know real love if you keep her from me.”

She arches her brow, “I have not taken her from you, one of your own has and tried to take her permanently, she has a chance of being happy without you, she has no knowledge of you.” 

I lean against the boulder, my knees are weakening as she stands her ground, she knows where my Sadie is and refuses to tell me, “She will shift soon with no one around to help her or guide her, what if human’s see they’ll kill her.”

She cackles, “tell me Alpha Michael, did you keep her near you?  Where were her guards when one of your own did this to her?  She waves her hand at me and then narrows her eyes, “my granddaughter is precious to you, yet you left her in a small cottage away from you, with no guards to protect her and handed her to the person that would kill her and you worry about humans?”  She turns again and blue light begins to swirl in front of her, she looks over her shoulder, “you have 2 months Alpha Michael before she shifts, find the person that tried to kill her and perhaps I will tell you were to find her.”

I lunge for her, and she steps into the swirling blue light and vanishes.

Rage boils in my veins as I walk back to the pack house, she knows where she is and won’t tell me, she said she has no knowledge of me, doesn’t remember me at all, how, how could Sadie not remember me.  I enter the pack house deep in thought and head for my office, I open the door and Sybil is standing there.  I look at her, “why are you here?”

She smiles sweetly at me, “Alpha Michael,” she bows her head in respect, “I’m worried about you, you need to eat,” she points to table in the sitting area, there are two place setting and candles lit.   

I furrow my brows at her, “I’m not hungry Sybil take it away.”

She holds her hands in front of her and looks at me, her cheeks are tinted pink, “I thought it would be nice if you had some company, I’ll be more than happy to sit and eat with you Alpha,” she flutters her lashes at me.

I walk to my bar and pour a tall glass of whisky, “I won’t repeat myself to you, take it away and leave, I have no interest in you or eating with you Sybil, you are not Sadie,” I arch  brow at her, “are you.”

I turn staring out the window as I hear her move about she sniffles and mumbles, “I was just trying to be nice for Sadie, she wouldn’t want you to starve and be lonely,” I hear the door shut and I breathe out a long breath.  Sybil doesn’t understand what it is to love someone with your entire heart and soul and for them to be taken from you, not knowing if they’re safe.  The old woman’s words flow through my mind, I need to find out who did this to her, it’s my only hope of being told where I can find her.  I looked at the door, Sybil is the only one that had free access to Sadie.  I shake the thought from my head, she couldn’t do that to her, not Sybil she loves Sadie and Sadie loves her, they’re friends, she trusts Sybil she told me as much. 

The next morning, I woke up and headed for my office, my head is pounding from all the alcohol it takes for me to get just a couple of hours sleep.  I opened the door and Beta Justin was already there.  I nod and sit at my desk and stare at him, “we need to find her and fast, I’ve been thinking with the amount of blood by the stream she obviously was in extremely dire need of medical attention, without her wolf there is no way she could heal on her own.”

Beta Justin nods, “you think she got to a human hospital, but how, with the amount of blood there, she couldn’t have just walked away, someone would have had taken her to one.”

“Yes, someone would have and someone did, we need to reach out to the human hospitals closest to us first and then spread it out, give a description of her and see if they had or have anyone fitting it,” I sit back and stare at him.

There’s a knock on the door and I call out, “enter.”

Sybil walks in with a tray, “Alpha Michael you need to eat,” she says sweetly.

I wave my hand to the sitting area, “put if over there and sit down,” I point to the chair next to her brother.  I focus back on Beta Justin, “make the calls have her help you,” I jute my chin towards Sybil who is now sitting next to my Beta.

She looks up at me, “call who?”

I smile, “human hospitals, give them a description of your future Luna and find her.”

She gulps and nods, I stand and walk to the sitting area a pick up the coffee and take a sip I look over at the two of them still sitting there, “well fucking move and make some calls, find my Luna,” I bellow and they both stand and head for the door.