Chapter six

I wait till the early dawn of the next day really hoping that Joan would walk through the door and tell me that this was all a prank and I fell hard for it as she laughed in my face but I knew that it was not going to happen because I all my life Joan could never let me be alone for such a long time so why would she do so know especially not in the name of a stupid prank.

 I get up from my desk where I sat down all through the night waiting for her without getting a wink of sleep. I had a notebook where I wrote down everything that happened yesterday that I could remember and tried to piece it together to find out where she must have gone to but I was at a dead end.

Something terrible had happened to Joan. I could feel it. I just did not know or  have an idea on what my next step should be.

 I consider going back to the mountain but I was scared of going alone because of my fear of reptiles and the attacks Alpha Gerald mentioned yesterday and the only person my brain was telling me to go to was Alpha Gerald and I tried to shut it out because there was no way he was going to help me, he hated my guts and only wished for my downfall and in truth I wished the same too for him, well maybe the enmity between us wasn't that extreme.

 I didn't know where the thought to ask him for help came from because we didn't particularly have a nice relationship with each other but once it did it I could not make it go away mostly because Alpha Gerald was my only option because I didn't know any other person who was strong enough to fight anyone and anything, at least to my knowledge and he also had a pack that would help him at his command and obey every word that left his mouth.

I sighed when I realized that in order to find Joan I have to swallow my pride and go to him for help.

 I force myself to shower and prepare for school although I was already very late but that was the only place I knew I would see Alpha Gerald for sure.

I get to school when it was a period before break time and I just hang around without going in so I could sneak in during the break time and avoid being punished. It was a technique Joan and I used all the time when we were late and didn't feel like getting punished that day.

Immediately the bell rang, students start rushing out of their classes and when the hallways was full with enough people I sneak in and blend in with them.

 I walked into Mysteria High school and was getting a lot of glances and I knew it was because they were all wondering why I was alone and not with Joan but I pay them no mind as I go in search of Alpha Gerald.

I spot him in the cafeteria with his two beings that were always with him, eating his brunch, and I wasted no time in walking up to him as the scent of vanilla and chocolate cream filled my nostrils

" I really need to talk to you" I tell him urgently immediately I got the table he was already looking at me even before I reached him all thanks to our mate scent and when I spoke I could see the sly look melt off his face when he saw I meant business and heard the desperation in my voice 

"What is it Lizzy" he matched my sense of urgency as though he had been waiting for me to come to him with all my problems as he stood up and came to stand in front of me.

I looked at the two beings and he immediately takes the cue and raises his hand to them and just like that they scurried away

"Talk now!" he commands and I wanted to pick offence but I decided to allow it  slide and focus on the matter at hand 

"I need your help, urgently, my sister is missing" 

"Your sister? When last did you see her? And what about Joan?"he asked looking around as if he just realized that I was alone and Joan was not with me as usual

"Joan is my sister" I tell him he looked at me in utter confusion 

"What are you talking about? How is Joan, your friend whom you are always with your sister? I thought she was your best friend or something cause you guys go everywhere together,what's going on?"  he takes me by the arm and takes me to sit down on the chair 

"Explain this to me clearly Lizzy, so I can understand and know how to help you"

I take a deep breath and then I tell him everything from the beginning. How Joan and I were abandoned and how she took care of me and became everything to me. How because of her petite nature lied about her age so she could be enrolled in the same class with me into Mysteria High school and how we never left each other side and I tell him about our trainings every Saturday and what happened yesterday at the mountain and how I checked the hut from outside but didn't get a reply and how I'm scared that something bad might happen to her because this most definitely was not a prank anymore or else she would have been back a long time ago. Alpha Gerald sat there in silence and just listened without interruptions and nodded his head until I was done and out of breath and almost in tears. There was silence for a while as he was trying to digest all the information I just poured out at him before he broke it

"You mentioned that you checked the hut in the dark and just from the outside, am I right?"

I nod my head in affirmation 

"Then I think that's where we should start looking for her, don't worry Lizzy,we'll find her" he reassured me as he held my chin and looked into my eyes and I feel a jolt of electricity travel down my spine and my Lycan stirred and growled loudly but unlike his usual self he wasn't trying to control her like he always did. His touch calm me down and I almost remove it in panic because only Joan's touch could calm me down like that and now his too?

"I hope so" I say sadly as we stand up and walk out of the cafeteria together.

 How I had formed an alliance with someone I hated with every fibre of my body but was also my mate I couldn't explain but as long as we found Joan my only family then I did not care.