~~~ Marcus ~~~I watched as Lucas cowered under my glare, his stammered excuses only fueled the anger that was already building up inside me. My mate, gone." How could he let this happen under his watch?" I questioned myself. I could barely control the surge of a build up of anger and fury threatening to explode, but I knew I had to focus on resolving this issue and bringing her back to stay by my side. "Tell me what happened, now," I demanded again, my voice very low with a sharp glint flickering in my gaze.Lucas swallowed hard, his eyes darting to James as if pleading to be granted a means of escape. " She …. She went into the store and I stood outside to keep watch, just as beta James instructed me, Alpha. She was supposed to be out after a few minutes but when I checked she was gone. I searched everywhere but there was no sign of her". My chest was heaving as though it was being squeezed, panic gripping my heart. I felt my wolf , Alfie, grunting and pacing restlessly in my
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