Chapter 10: An Emergency At The Pack

As the ball was going on, Mara excused herself as she wanted to make use of the bathroom.

As she was heading to the bathroom, she felt someone take her hand from behind, and before she could react, she was pulled towards one of the men's bathrooms, and immediately the door closed behind.

"Dave, what the hell is wrong with you? What if someone had seen you...?" Mara tried screaming at Dave but everything she wanted to say got stuck in her throat as Dave claimed her lips in a passionate kiss.

At first she was hesitant, but just in a twinkle of an eye she too got lost in the kiss, and from the view of things, it was as if she was even the one dominating in the makeout as both of them were busy kissing passionately like two lovers who had been far away from each other for a very long time.

After what seemed like forever, they finally disengaged from the kiss as they tried to catch their breaths.

"And here I was thinking that you didn't miss me at all," Dave said to Mara while catching his breath.

"Of course I missed you. Wait just a minute. So you thought I didn't miss you?" Mara asked him with a furrowed brow while adjusting her dress.

"Of course I did. Mind that it's been months since you visited the palace, and you haven't been picking up my calls all this while, and in addition to that, you allowed that fool to hold your waist as if he owned it right in front of me," Dave said to Mara with a displeased tone.

"Come on, Dave, I never knew you were still this jealous since all this while. What were you expecting me to do, push him away because you were around?" Mara asked him with furrowed brows.

"Well, I don't know, but you know very well that I hate it when someone else holds you the way he was holding you. I'm the only one who has the right to hold you like that," Dave said to Mara with a possessive tone as he pulled her closer and tried to kiss her, but she immediately stopped him.

"That's enough, Dave; someone might see us," Mara said to Dave, who nodded in reply as he let go of her.

"So how is everything going since all this while?" Dave asked Mara with a concerned tone.

"Everything is going as planned; if I haven't been picking up your calls, it's because I don't want Adrian to suspect anything. You won't want everything we have worked so hard for since all this while to go in vain, right?" Mara asked Dave.

"Absolutely not, my love," Dave said to her in reply.

"What about Diego? How is he doing?" Dave asked Mara,"

"He's doing fine; he has even started developing some of your threats, and that's one of the things that scares me the most. Imagine if Adrian begins noticing it also," Mara said to Adrian with a worried tone.

"Don't worry, he will never notice it, and even if he does, that will be after all our plans have been put in place," Dave said to Mara with a reassured tone while caressing her face.

Meanwhile, Adrian was in the ballroom discussing with some of his friends when his phone suddenly started ringing; without hesitating, he excused himself and went outside to check who was calling.

Getting outside, he brought out his phone and checked the caller ID, which was one of the guards from the palace, and without hesitating, he picked up the call and placed the phone on his ear.

"Speak," he ordered as he placed the phone on his ear.

"Hello, your highness, there's a problem," the caller's voice trembled from the other end.

"What problem?" Adrian asked him, with his face contorting into a deep frown.

"Well, Tony had an accident this afternoon as he went to bring his Highness back from school," the guard said to Adrian with a trembling tone.

"What? Did the accident occur after he fetched Diego from school or before he fetched him from school?" Adrian asked the guard through the phone.

"After he fetched him from school, your highness, both of them got injured, but they have been rushed to the Pack hospital," the guard said to Adrian.

"I will be there very soon, and tell Tony that if anything happens to Diego, he should consider himself dead," Adrian said to the guard.

"Yes, your highness," the guard said to Adrian, who immediately hung up before mind linking with Jake, his beta.

"Jake, there's a problem at the Pack. Alert the Luna and everyone else to come out immediately; we need to start heading back," Adrian said to Jake through the mind link.

"The Luna hasn't yet come out of the bathroom, your highness; should I go and check on her?" Jake asked Adrian through the mind link.

"Yes, go and check on her right away. Why haven't you checked on her since all this while?" Adrian asked him through the mind link.

"I'm sorry, your highness, I will go and check on her right away," Jake said to him before taking some of the guards and heading towards the bathroom to check on Mara.

As Jake and the guards were getting close to the bathroom, they saw Mara, who was walking out of the women's bathroom, and at the same time, Dave also made his way out of the men's bathroom.

Once Jake saw Dave, he glared angrily at him before turning his gaze towards Mara and bowing his head in respect.

"Greetings, your majesty, his highness asked us to come and check on you; he said that we should all meet him outside. It seems like there's a problem in the pack that requires his attention," Jake said to Mara.

"What problem?" Mara asked him with an inquisitive tone.

"I don't know yet; he didn't make mention of it," Jake said to Mara.

"Okay, let's get going then," Mara said to Jake before walking ahead of him, and with that, Jake and the other guards followed him from behind.

"Beta Jake, how are you doing? It's been a while," Dave's voice sounded from behind as Jake was walking away with Mara and the other guards, and with that Jake turned around and looked at Dave, who was grinning from ear to ear, and without uttering a word to him, he turned around and continued walking away.

"Why didn't you reply to his greetings?" Mara asked Jake as they were walking away.

"Not all greetings deserve a reply, your majesty," Jake said to Mara while following her from behind.

To be continued...