Symphony didn’t know how long she was following the sound of the water, but she was happy when the stream finally came into view. She was exhausted from walking and needed to rest. Starlett had gone quiet too, which Symphony assumed was from being so tired. She knew that she had been gone for quite awhile because when she left the house it was a little after 10 in the morning and now the sky was pitch black. She stopped by the stream and sat down. Lucky for her there was a big tree nearby that she was able to sit against. Thankfully it was warm out, so she didn’t need to break out the blankets. As she sat, she looked through her backpack for a snack that she had packed and ate that while she tried to silence her thoughts. As she tried to make sense of the situation, she was unaware of the danger that was waiting for her, hidden in the shadows of the trees, a group of rogues had been following her for several hours and were waiting to make their move. They knew she was alone a
After Alexander found Symphony’s room a disaster, he called his guards to start the search for her. He had met with both Gavin and Damion and filled them in on the situation. Damion had called in some favors and had a hundred men show up to help look for her.After the first day of her being gone Alexander started to worry. He knew she was strong and could take care of herself, but he was worried about what could happen to her. He had let Dax take over to see if he could find anything but thanks to the cloaking spell that he had his uncle put on her she was impossible to track. He had asked Damion if there was anyway to lift the spell quickly but he had told Alexander that the spell had to wear off on its own which would take a while. He was starting to grow angrier every day that she was missing. He just wanted to know if she was safe, he didn’t care if she didn’t want to stay with him after everything.They were now coming on day six of her missing and they hadn’t found anythi
Symphony was settling in nicely in the Village, Pawfoot. She had been there almost a week and had made quite a few friends in that short amount of time. She knew she should keep moving but everyone had been so nice, and she had been helping out the owner of the inn in exchange for board and food. She was reading to the children in the park when she felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up and felt like someone was watching her. As she looked around, she didn’t see anyone out of the ordinary, so she brushed it off. She finished reading to the children a little while later and she still couldn’t shake the feeling that she had gotten earlier. She picked up her pace as she headed towards the inn. She was greeted by the other employees and the owner. She asked if she was need as she suddenly felt ill. The owner told her that it was ok if she took the rest of the day and rested. She thanked her and headed up to her room. When she got to her room, she noticed her door was somew
Alexander didn’t know where to begin, or how to explain to Symphony why he did what he did. Part of him knew that no matter what he said she may leave again and never come back. He knew that she deserved to know the truth no matter what her reaction would be. He couldn’t stand the thought of her leaving again but he had to do right by her, he owed her that much at least.“Are you just going to sit there and stare at me or are you actually going to tell me everything” Symphony said sounding annoyed “If you are just going to stare, I will leave.”That brought Alexander back from his thoughts.“I don’t even know where to begin” Alexander said, “I guess I will start at the beginning and try to explain the best that I can.”Symphony looked at him with cold eyes. She was fighting the anger that was starting to well up inside of her. She knew she should give him a chance to explain himself.“I needed the power to protect myself and my reign. My father’s wife was not my mother and she de
Symphony sat in silence for a few moments. Taking in everything that Alexander had told her. She didn’t know how to respond to him. She looked at Gavin and the look in his eyes told her that he knew everything before she over heard them in Alexanders office. She was hurt that he didn’t say anything at all to her. Granted he was just there to protect her but still he could have told her.As she stood up and headed toward the door Alexander acted like he wanted to stop her. She had remembered his words though that if she wanted to leave she could and he wouldn’t stand in her way. She saw in Alexanders eyes that he didn’t want her to go. She just shrugged her shoulders and continued out the door. Before she walked out she turned.“Is it ok if I go make some coffee, you guys both look like you could use some, you look like crap.”Alexander almost burst out laughing at her words, Gavin cracked a smile.She headed toward the kitchen when she heard footsteps behind her, they didn’t sound
When Symphony came to, she heard voices coming from some where in the distance. She heard what sounded like two voices, she thought one sounded familiar, but she couldn’t be sure, they seemed to be arguing about something, but even with her wolf hearing she couldn’t make out what they were saying.She unfortunately couldn’t make out where she was either, she only knew that it was dark, damp, and cold. She waited until her eyes adjusted to the dark surroundings to see if she could make out anything that may be familiar to her.She sat up slowly as her head was still spinning. She tried to reach Starlett but wasn’t able to, whatever was in the shot they gave her must have blocked Starlett.“So much for being a powerful wolf” Symphony thought to herself “If one shot is enough to take Starlett down what good am I.”She looked around again and noticed that she was in what looked like a cell of some sort. There were no windows or normal doors, just a long row of bars and a gate that held
~Fast forward 10 months~Alexander was starting to lose his patience. It had been ten long months since Symphony had disappeared. Damion told him that the spell that was cloaking her scent should have worn off by now but they were still not able to locate her. Whoever had her must have their own cloaks in place and having someone very powerful on their side that placed it. Damion’s friend wasn’t even able to locate her. Alexander had been driving himself crazy trying to find her. He had guards scouring every inch of the kingdom and they all came back with nothing. No scents, no leftover camp site, nothing. He knew they didn’t just vanish off the face of the earth they had to be somewhere but the big question was where. Damion tried calling in all the favors that he had with everyone and even he was coming up empty. Either no one knew anything or they knew something and we’re to scared to say anything. Damion felt worse with each call he made. He had become very fond of the girl a
It had been about a week since Alexander received Symphony’s message and he had not heard anything since. The frustration was growing between Damion, Gavin and himself. He wanted to find her more than anything else at this point. He was tired of the dead ends that they were coming upon. He wasn’t sure how much more she could take of whatever it was she was being put through. He knew she was strong but even she had her breaking point. They had gotten a few hits on possible locations that she was being held at but they ended up being duds. Alexander even let Dax out for hours on end thinking he might be able to find something that the others had missed. Dax was getting angrier at every false hope that he had come across. Dax was ready to tear apart the entire kingdom if it meant an easier time finding Symphony.Later that evening, they were all sitting in Alexander’s office when Alexander’s phone started ringing. When he answered it there was silence on the other end, he was abo
As the days turned into weeks no one had been able to figure out how to get Symphony’s wolf back. Day by day she was getting worse. She had stayed in her bedroom, she spent most of her time crying. She had stopped receiving visitors, and the only one allowed to see her was Alexander. She was spiraling into a deep depression that she couldn’t get out of. She had tried to get the moon goddess to show herself to see how she could make amends with her and get Starlett back, but it wasn’t working. She wished that she could go back and unsay what she said. She knew that the guys were worried about her, and she felt bad about that but what was she supposed to do? She was worthless without her wolf. Alexander had even tried to get her to go walk through the garden with him a few times, but she refused. She stayed in her room and sat in complete darkness. He wanted to help her, but he didn’t know how. He sent Gavin and Damion up a few times to talk to her, but she wouldn’t even open the door
The next day, Alexander called the meeting for Symphony. She sat on the couch in between Alexander and Gavin, Damion sat across from them with one of the men that had been fighting next to her.Alexander had told him what was going on with Symphony and hoped he would be able to shed some light on the situation. He left out the part about her wolf though because that wasn’t his story to tell. The soldier had told Symphony everything that he could remember about the fight. Everything that she had previously heard from the other three men sitting next to her. She was able to remember some of it but not all. After the soldier finished telling her what had happened, he was dismissed.Damion and Gavin looked at each other and then to Alexander and Symphony, even they didn’t know what was going on.“I think it’s time we tell you what is going on.” Alexander said looking at Symphony.She nodded before she began speaking. She took a deep breath before telling them what was happening.“It seem
It had been a week since Symphony had woken from her coma-like state, and she was still trying to piece her memories back together. She had been trying to make a connection with Starlett as well but with no luck. The only good thing that happened this past week was her getting her voice back. She had been checked over by the doctors and they told her that everything seemed normal. She hadn’t really spoken to Alexander much since she woke up. She had been kind of avoiding him. She knew that he had told her everything that had happened before she fell into whatever state she was in, but she felt like he was leaving something out. Even after reading his journal, she felt that way. She didn’t like that feeling. Damion and Gavin had come to visit her every day and even they seemed like they were hiding something from her. She knew if they were it was because Alexander told them to keep quiet, so she didn’t blame them. Alexander had moved his desk out of their room and was now working in
Three months had now passed since Symphony had fallen into her coma like state. Alexander moved her from her hospital room to their bedroom in the new house that he had built. He made an office in his room to be by her side daily. He never let anyone in unless it was the doctors, he even shut Damion and Gavin out. He was slowly slipping into madness waiting for her to finally wake up.Several days later he though he saw her move her hands and immediately called the doctors in. They checked her over and came to the conclusion that he was seeing things. Well, a few days later Alexander saw her hand move again, this time he didn’t call the doctors until he was sure about what he saw. He sat and stared at her hand for hours before it moved again, and her eyelids started to flutter.This time he called the doctors and explained to them what he saw. This time when they checked her over, she moved her hand again and slowly opened her eyes. Everyone drew in a breath as she looked around confu
While Alexander waited for Symphony to wake up, he had men rebuilding his house that was destroyed. He wanted to have it done when Symphony woke up, he didn’t want her to be stuck in the safe house.He checked in with the doctors every day and even though she was strong and had no major injuries she was still in a catatonic state. The doctors couldn’t figure out why. Alexander had guards posted outside of her room and surrounding the hospital, he didn’t want any surprises. He went to visit her every day and brought her flowers so she would have something nice to look at when she woke up. When he wasn’t at the hospital, Damion or Gavin were there keeping an eye on her.Everyone was hoping she would wake up soon, as Alexander was slowly losing his mind with her in the hospital. He even went as far as letting the doctors take her home so she would have familiar surroundings when she woke up. That was denied though as the doctors didn’t even know why she hadn’t woken up yet.Alexander tri
~Authors Note~*Possible trigger warning, death, mutilation, and possible strong language. This chapter may be a bit graphic for some readers. Please be advised this will be the only chapter that goes into detail about the war between Jaxson and Alexander. Hope you enjoy and continue reading. *With the day almost over Jaxson and his men made there way to Alexander’s kingdom. The moon was just starting to show itself, it was fitting the moon was as red as blood. There would be a lot of bloodshed tonight that was one thing everyone could count on.When they reached the border, they were met by an army of guards, they knew that Alexander’s men had been tipped off by Symphony. Jaxson’s men ran through the guards like they were butter. They brutally attacked the guards, tearing them limb from limb. They slit their throats and left blood everywhere. They took the heads of the guards and put them on spikes. They lit fires and burned the rest of the body parts. This was a warning of what wa
While Symphony and Alexander lay in bed snuggled together, back at the cabin Jaxon was seething with fury. He had lost his wild card, his secret weapon, his queen. He thought his men would catch up to Symphony before she got to the river. She was faster than he thought. She was also smarter than he gave her credit for, using the river to hide her scent.He needed a new plan to get her back, he needed her for his plan to work. She was the key to take over the kingdom from that Lycan. As he sat in the cabin trying to make up a new plan to get her back, his men were outside grumbling about how they lost their queen.Jaxson wasn’t sure if she went back to Alexander or if she was still hiding somewhere. He knew if she had gone back to Alexander, she would have told him everything, but in the same sense if she had done that she wasn’t that smart after all. She would bring war to Alexander’s doorstep within the day if she went back. He was going to have his men search the forest on the othe
Symphony had rested until morning and when she was sure the coast was clear she headed back out. She assumed that Jaxon and his men had given up their search for her and that the people from Grey Moon Pack were gone as well.She looked up at the sky and noticed that the sun was just rising. She checked in with Starlett to see how she was doing and to Symphony’s surprise she was back. Starlett told Symphony to let her take over, and she would get them back to Alexander. She shifted and Starlett took off.Starlett knew how to get back to Alexander and Dax, because of them being mates. She was running as fast as she could and told Symphony that they would be back to them within a few hours. She was not sure who was more excited to see them, her, or Starlett.It was about midday Starlett slowed down as she was almost at her destination. She could still smell the smoke in the air. Her heart broke at the fact that she would no longer have her home.About a half hour later she stood at the r
While Jaxson was putting the plan together to take over the Lycan kingdom, Symphony slowly started to stir. She felt like she had been hit by a semi-truck. She opened her eyes and took in her surroundings. She wasn’t sure where she was but when her eyes landed on Jaxson, she knew she shouldn’t let him know that she was awake.She remembered the attack after Alexander left, she remembered Gavin telling her to run, and she remembered her home going up into flames. She knew Gavin had made it out, only because Jaxson needed him to deliver a message to Alexander.She tried to reach Starlett, but she was still exhausted from the fight to be much help.“Some special wolf.” Symphony thought to herself. “Guess I am on my own, trying to get out of here.”As she continued to look around for an escape route, she heard Jaxon muttering to himself about something, she couldn’t make it out because he was talking to low even for her wolf hearing to catch. She ignored him as she felt the rope around h