"Surprise!" I yelled when I saw aunt Aria and uncle Finn at the dining table. They flinched at the sudden sound but soon relaxed. "Thea? Oh my god, I missed you so much" aunt aria said, getting up and walking towards me with open arms. Uncle Finn was also getting up but aunt Aria was first one to walk towards me so I ran into her arms. A tear slipped down my cheek. "I missed you" I missed this. I missed being in her embrace. When I let go of her, I was full on crying. I turned to uncle Finn and hugged him tight too. I pulled away from him and tried to stop the tears. "My darling, it's been way too long" aunt Aria said as she wiped my tears but they just kept coming. "I know, I'll never stay out of contact for that long ever again" I said, hoping I'd be able to keep that promise. There's only two reasons as to why I wouldn't be able to keep the promise; one, I'm dead and two, they got to me. "Look at yourself, kid. You're all grown up now" uncle Finn says as he ruffles my hair
I pulled my hair in frustratinon. It had already been days and we haven't been able to pin a location to her. It was like she had completely vanished off the face of Earth.My wolf was growing relentless, knowing our mate was somewhere out there. We didn't even know if she was still alive but for our sake, we had been convinsing ourselves that she was still alive.I was feeling helpless. I hated it.Where the hell could she be? The one question that I desperately needed an answer to."Calm down, son. We'll find her" my dad said, trying to calm me down but it clearly wasn't working."I really hope so, dad. I'm losing my sanity" I said, lifting my head up. We have been trying to find her, using the best tech there was but it was hard finding a person who didn't want to be found."Come on, love. Let's go have dinner. You haven't eaten anything since the morning" mom said, coming over.I didn't even realize I hadn't had lunch or dinner yet. It was already quite late so I suppose mom and t
"Alpha, I have bad news" Mason said."What is it?" I asked."W-We couldn't find her in any of the hotels. We had a few names that could've been her but I dug a little deeper and they weren't her" he explained, showing me some names and pictures on his computer."Fuck's sake" I muttered. "I need a moment" I said before leaving. I went to my office and processed what Mason had just told me. I was so fucking sure we'd finally have her.I pushed everything off my table in frustration. I couldn't really concentarte, after reading the letter she had written.I was determined to find her and make everything up to her, even if it takes years.With that thought in mind, I went back to office where the team was working. "Attention!" I said, gaining the attention of everyone in the room."Mason, you will gather a team together to go to London. You'll knock on every single door of an apartment, a hotel, a house, doesn't matter. I want you to gather a team big enough so you can do this in seven
I had gotten a job at a nearby restaurant. It was temporary until I'd be able to get a job in my field.The diner had two TVs and they played the news all the time and since Nicholas was also pretty known in the normal world, his face was almost constantly on the TV.This town was mostly just full of mundane people. Aunt Aria had told me all about this town and who were werewolves, like us.The town was lovely. Almost everyone knew everyone.Seeing Nicholas on the TV brought me joy but also sadness. My wolf is refusing to talk to me since I left him almost immediately when I found out. I've tried to explain to her countless of times but she just doesn't listen. I don't blame her but it wasn't really my fault either.I still went by the name Athena but in official papers my name was Valentina Sinclair. Valentina was my wolf's name and Sinclair was uncle Finn's last name. Aunt Aria took it atfer their marriage so I took it too.They were more than happy that I officially had the same la
"Okay guys, ready to go?" Duncan asked.I looked at the suitcase and nodded. I had left a few outfits in my room here but most of it was coming with me to my new apartment.I looked at El to see is she was ready. "Yup" she said."Alright then, let's go" he said, taking the suitcase from me."Thanks" I said, walking behind him to the car.Today was the day we'd finally be seeing my new apartment.It was probably pretty empty since there was really no furniture yet and it hadn't even been decorated. I haven't been to the place yet because I really wanted to get the first look with Eleanor and Duncan.Duncan drove to the apartment. It wa about a 10 minute drive from teir house to my apartment."Here we are" he said, getting out first. He always insist on opening my door for some reason. I think it was to annoy El since he did not open the door for her. It always causes a little bickerig between them but I think Dunc is enjoying annoying her.He opened my door again. "You know, you should
8 months later Luck didn't seem to be on my side lately, and I had constantly gotten shitty news with no good news following. But finally, after what seemed like forever, Joseph said he had found a security footage of her in a grocery store. "Here," he said, playing the video and stopping when she was on footage. She seemed to be buying groceries. A lot of them. Which was good because it mostly likely meant she was living there. "I went through the list of citizens in the town but didn't find her name. But as expected, she had family there. An aunt, uncle, and two cousins. I looked up their last names and found Aria, Phineas, Eleanor, Duncan, and Valentina Sinclair." "I went through their files. Valentina Sinclair is our Luna, " he confirmed. I looked through the papers he had printed out. I smiled. I was finally getting my mate back. After months and months of searching. "Good job, Joseph. You will be rewarded for this, " I said, getting up from the chair. "Thank you, Alpha,"
It had been two days and 56 minutes since we found her. In exactly 18 minutes, we were leaving for the airport. I hadn't packed much, but enough for about a week. If I had to stay longer than that, I'd just buy new stuff or have someone do the laundry for me.I probably could do it by myself but I never learned how to and we always had someone do them for us so I never had to worry about itI don't know if Colton can do them either but I believe Joseph can. Who knows.I walked towards the front door, seeing my mother standing there with a smile."Hey, love." "Hi, mom. What are you doing here?" I asked her. "I'm just here to say goodbye and good luck" she said, still smiling."And to apologise about Brittney. I should have never dona what I did. I should've believed in your ability to find your mate" she said, the smile dropping."It's okay, mom. I understand. I didnät really belive I'd find her either but thank god, we did" I said with a smile, remembering how she looked like."I'm
I got to the restaurant about fifteen minutes earlier than usually. I finally got an interview to a better job. It had been months since I started looking but I only landed one today.The interview was in a week.When I was done changing my clothes, I went out to the restaurant.It was a Saturday which means we were going to be extra busy today. It was also going to be a long day for me because I had offered to cover for a co-worker's shift so I was staying lated today. She said her mom was sick or something and I needed any extra money I could get so it didn't take a lot of convincing for me to take the shift."What's happening?" I whispered to Ethan, seeing that the restaurant was empty and we were all standing in a line."You didn't check your email? We have a VVIP coming today so the restaurant is closed to the public. Boss didn't mention who it was but apparently he is a very respected business man, and an alpha" he lowered his voice on the last part.I nodded. "Do you know wher