3rd Party PovAt that time, Navian was seated at his desk, gazing at his phone. For more than twenty-four hours, Anna and Owen had left for their vacation. Normally, Anna would send him a brief message or even call to inform him of their safe arrival. Occasionally, Owen would ring Navian just so that he could tell him about trivial things like what he saw along the way or how much fun he was having since Owen loved Navian so much. But now there was nothing- no call, no text, and no update.Navian attempted to self-convince that perhaps they were just having fun. Perhaps not having thought about it; Anna wanted to spend quality time with Owen instead of checking on them but however deep inside, he knew differently.This is uncharacteristic of Anna who takes responsibility very seriously, especially when it comes to Owen.He drummed his fingers across the desk leaving a glistening sound in a serene room. He picked up his phone again and sent another message:*Hey, just checking in. Hop
Navian had been on edge for days. He couldn’t shake the worry gnawing at him since Anna and Owen disappeared. No messages, no calls—nothing. It wasn’t like Anna to leave without a word, especially with Owen.The police were still saying it was too soon to file a report, but Navian knew something was wrong.On his own, he had been looking for a hint by making hotel reservations, visiting hospitals, and even just driving around aimlessly. But his anxiety increased with the amount of time that passed.Elena was the second thing that had been worrying him lately.Elena had always been straightforward with him. They’d been together for a while now, and she had never kept secrets before. But recently, she had been acting… strange. It started small—whispering on the phone, leaving the room when he entered, or cutting conversations short when he asked her what she was talking about.At first, he thought maybe she was planning a surprise for him or something harmless like that. But now, with A
Navian’s fingers drummed nervously against the steering wheel as he drove down the empty road. The pressure that was growing with each passing day was causing a discomforting feeling in his stomach.Anna and Owen left for their trip and it had already been more than a day, and he had not received any kind of communication from either of them. That wasn’t like Anna.She always checked in. And Owen? He loved calling just to tell him the smallest things.The silence was unsettling. Too much time had passed, and the police didn’t seem concerned, but Navian knew better. Something was wrong.As the hours went by, his anxiety only worsened. He couldn’t just sit around and wait anymore. He needed to act.Anna had mentioned the location they were headed to, and Navian had been able to track their likely route. Even if it meant getting things done on his own, he was determined to find out what had happened. A glow of silver in the woods far away made him stop in his tracks after what seemed li
Gazing at the evidence strewn all over his desk, Navian sat in his office. It was becoming apparent that Anna's absence was not merely a case of unplanned abduction.Beneath it all was something far darker, and the more he dug, the more uneasy he grew. The authorities had already received the video of Anna's burning car from him, but they were moving incredibly slowly.Restlessly tapping his fingers on the desk, Navian decided he couldn’t wait around any longer. He had to dig deeper himself.His mind raced back to the people Anna trusted. There was one person who knew her better than most: Mikel. He had saved Owen from that near-fatal car accident a month ago, and Navian remembered how close he and Anna were.Mikel would know if there were any places Anna might have gone if she had ever felt unsafe—or if he had any suspicions about who could be behind all of this.Without wasting another second, Navian picked up his phone and dialed Mikel’s number. After a few rings, Mikel answered, h
Navian walked through Anna’s quiet house, his mind racing with thoughts of her disappearance. But the fact was that it had been days since he had heard anything from her and he got worried more and more waiting for the night. He had gone around asking his friends, visited the places that she preferred to frequent, and gone around the town asking people whether they had seen either Anna or Owen. Growing more frustrated, he went back to Anna’s house, believing he may be lucky enough to discover an item that would lead him to Anna. This strange sensation came over him as he crossed from her living room and then into her bedroom.There was something out of place. His keen vision looked around and then he found something that made his hair stand on end; there seemed to be a subtle scratch across the floor to the side of her wardrobe.His heartbeat raced as he bent down to take a closer look at it. He then carefully opened a compartment that he did not know existed before. Within this wa
His mind raced with everything he had just uncovered about Anna’s family. He could never have thought that they were related, especially not in such a manner. Owen filled his mind, and he could not help doing so at every given second. That boy was close to him from the beginning and he only realized now why that was so. There was something that went beyond friendship, beyond anything that he could have ever expected. Navian’s lips twisted into a grimace, “I have to tell Rita. ” He took out his phone and called her number, he prayed she answer the call.Rita was Anna’s best friend, and she had the right to know it. Moreover, he wanted and had to share this burden with someone. He had to come out with it… He could not keep it within him any longer. The phone buzzed for two rings before Rita answered the lines."Navian? Have you heard anything?" she asked, her voice filled with worry. She had been just as anxious as he was since Anna and Owen had disappeared."Rita, I need to talk to
Elena walked back and forth in her room while clutching the phone too tightly in one of her hands. It is unbelievable that Anna she believed posed a danger to her relationship with Navian, happens to be related to him.And now, unknown to her earlier assumptions, Elena finds herself stuck in a much darker plot than she ever anticipated. She only thought Hannah would kidnap them and keep them in Moonlight pack so they never have to come back to Seahowl pack to ruin her relationship, but it seems deeper and it's her fault.Anna and Owen had been kidnapped, and Elena had helped.She had to fix this. She had to stop it before it was too late. Taking a deep breath, she picked up her phone and dialed Hannah’s number, her hands trembling. The phone rang twice before Hannah picked up.“Elena,” Hannah’s voice purred on the other end, “what do you want?”“I want you to stop this,” Elena blurted out, her voice shaking.“You have to let Anna and Owen go. I found out the truth—Anna’s not a threat
The days that followed were grim as hell, to say the least for Elena. Every morning when she woke up the feeling of emptiness in her upper abdomen was growing like a boulder on the chest. She had not had any good night’s sleep since the phone call with Hannah and it was getting very visible. Her eyes were bags, her face was pale, and have noticeably become thin within the past few days that she could easily fit in with the clothes she was wearing. And even though Elena was fully aware of the fact that there was no concrete reason to be afraid, she could not free herself from this feeling. Each time she shut her eyes, she was made to witness Anna’s car wrapped up in the blazes of flames in the bushes, the fire devouring the facts of the crime she had assisted in concealing. There was no way that the video Hannah had sent her was not permanently engraved in her mind as constant evidence of how deep she was in the case. Navian, of course, had no idea of it all. Or at least he had onc