04~ The Runaway

Alpha Rogan's Pov

However, she smelt differently than usual. Her scent was intoxicating and goosebumps lined my skin. I could feel my wolf clawing at our bond. 

"Mate!" I heard my wolf say and I froze in shock.

I didn't want to believe it. I didn't want to reason how the slave girl could be my mate. 

I couldn't control myself any more as the need for my mate increased.

I wanted to catch her and dominate her. My Alpha instincts had taken over and I just wanted to claim what was mine.

I have never felt this weird before with her, and I never expected my mate would be this hungry to have her. Even as she walked out of my office, I still found it hard to believe Venessa is my mate.

A few hours later, I heard a voice call my name.

 "Your majesty!" A maid called from the outside, loud enough for me to hear from the inside. The door opened, it was Vennesa's maid. She looked frightened and scared, and I could hear her heart beating hard. "Your majesty."

"What happened?" I demanded.

"Your majesty." She was breathing heavily, unable to speak. "It's the princess."

"What happened to her?" I was getting impatient already to hear what she's got to say. I don't want it to be that she is dead.

"She…. She…" she stammered.

"She what?!" I growled, demanding she should talk and stop keeping me waiting.

"She's gone." She finally said the word. "She isn't in her room."

"What?!" He yanked.

"I came to check on her but when I got in, I saw her blankets knotted to the ground. She had used it to run away. We've searched around the palace for her but we can't find her."

I stood up, slamming my fist hard on the desk. "What's that supposed to mean?" I yelled. 

The news was so shocking that I couldn't focus any more. She left? Where will I find her?

I dashed to her room, and I saw that all her maid had said was true. I sniffed in, but her scent was gone. All I could breath was the night breeze. The anger burned in me, I couldn't resist the pain any more.

I sprinted out of the bedroom and down the hallway. "Guard!" I yelled. The guards outside the door walked in. 

"Yes, sir."

"Go out of the Pack, into the bushes and every where else. Find my mate!!" 

Though the guards were on a search for Venessa, I wouldn't relent. 

"Search the area and bring Venessa home!"

I sat back on my leather chair, I could barely look at my laptop, all that kept ringing in my head was the disappearance of Vanessa. How long has she been planning this? Could it be that she overheard me talking to Jaycee?

I sighed. "Stupid me!" I cursed.

I tried calling her phone but it wasn't reaching. She had busied my call, and I couldn't get to her. For the first time I was feeling restless, confused. I don't know what to do now. Her scent was gone, making it difficult for me to track her.

Just then, Jaycee walked in. "We've got a problem." She said,

I was less concerned. "I know."

"What happened?" She asked.

"How am I supposed to know what happened when the news came all of a sudden!" I scolded.

"Chill, Rogan." She sighed. "Well, that isn't what I came here for."

I still wasn't interested in whatever she was going to say. "I went to the hospital, and I talked with Vennesa's doctor. She told me that Venessa is pregnant."

I raised my brows at her. "What did you just say?" I asked.

"She is pregnant." She repeated. "Your so-called wife is pregnant for you. And poor thing she has run away."

I see she was making fun of me with that. "You can go home now." I dismissed her, I didn't want to talk further about this.

She didn't tell me she was pregnant, and all these while I had lived in the fact that she can't get pregnant? She made me believe that she isn't either. No wonder why she looked dull today, why didn't I notice that earlier? Why didn't I see it on her face?

She was my only hope to have an heir, and I took her for granted. I don't know why but I was regretting what I had done to her. For the first time I was being cold and quiet, I have never felt this way before.

"What have I done?" I questioned myself.

I was beginning to miss her, even though I knew I hadn't trusted myself for once that I would fall in love with her… I was seeing the opposite. I was wanting her, wishing I could for the last time perceive her scent.

I wish I could apologize to her and tell her that I am sorry, I didn't mean to. I didn't know if it was love I felt at that moment, but then I knew I wanted her. 

I slapped my head with my palm. "Fuck me!"

The guards walked in. "Sir, we can't find her. We followed the backyard gate, but she was nowhere to be found."

I picked my car key from my desk, walking out of the room. I was going to look for her myself, and I won't rest until I find her and bring her home.

"You aren't going any where, Rogan." Jaycee said, trying to stop me.

"Don't." I told her. "No one is stopping me this time."

"One minute you wanted to steal her baby and walk her away. One minute she looks annoying to you, all of a sudden she has turned to be the most important person in your life."

"Maybe I didn't realize how important she was before, but now I do and I'm gonna find her." I didn't mind if she was going to say any thing else, I walked out of the building, heading for my car.

As I ran up to the mountain side, I shifted into my wolf form, sniffing in as much air as I could. Venessa's scent was totally gone, there was none left for me to find her. I never knew she would become my mate. I never thought I had her with me in the first place.

I had an opportunity, but I never grabbed it. With every passing second, my need for her increased. I was starting to get overwhelmed as being torn apart from a mate was torturing. More like a hunting nightmare.

Soon, I was already at the Pack borders but she was nowhere to be found. She was far gone from my sight. I realized that I may have my mate. 

"Awooooo…" I howled to the heavens, in pain. 

Immediately after, I shifted to my human form. 

Standing naked under the full moon, I swore to find Venessa wherever she may be. 

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Venessa's Pov

I was meters away from the place I once called my home. Honestly, I am fucking tired of living in that hell of a place. I have stayed to endure all the insults and hatred, the intimidations… but I won't let any one underestimate my child.

Never!!!

I lodged in one of the hotels downtown. I booked an online flight for tomorrow. I'll be leaving for Texas to stay, and I will train my child in a better way. In a way no one else can. Staying any longer in the state gives Alpha Rogan the chance to find me and bring me into his home again, so the only way to be free is to leave the state for damn good!

I woke up as early as I could imagine, took my backpack, and exited the hotel. Thankfully, I was able to see a taxi which I boarded to the airport. I went to the ticket section to take my ticket. 

I sat by the window of the airplane, resting my head against the dashboard. I wasn't regretting leaving the state, which is every thing I had wanted since two days ago. It was obviously clear to me that there is nothing I can ever do to win his heart. Since he had the guts to fuck some one else in his inner garden, then it's clear to me that I have never been in his heart.