"My Alpha, your food is ready. Should I get it for you?" One of the maids interrupted his thoughts.
"Get the heck away from my presence this moment before I do something stupid," Kane Kane transferred his aggression to the domestic staff.
He bent his head in disappointment. He just wanted to be left alone.
Too much to bear for lonely Alpha. This was the moment he wished he had his late mother around.
She would have stuck around and become his confidante. Quite unfortunate she departed the earth so early and abandoned him to his problems alone.
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"Durella, are you sure Fiona can be found? We've combed the entire woods, but she isn't found yet," Danny questioned.
He was beginning to lose hope in the search for Fiona. They never believed it would turn out this difficult.
Since Fiona was heavily pregnant, they believed finding her was going to be an easy ride.
But she proved them wrong. After an hour of immense searching, most of the soldiers have lost hope of ever finding her.
"You all are so stupid and lazy. What if this was a battlefield? It makes me wonder if you have the IQ of a toad, Danny. Fiona is heavily pregnant. There's no way she could have gone far." Durella raised his head to perceive the atmosphere.
Suddenly, his eyes turned dark and scary and made everyone freak out.
He looked behind him to find a pregnant lady who shared the same similarities with Fiona.
"Go get her. Don't let her run away," Kane ordered his men.
Without hesitation, they went after the lady who wouldn't stop running.
She doesn't understand why they kept chasing her.
They chased her until she stepped on a stone and fell to the ground.
"Who are you? Let me go." She turned around to beg them.
That was the moment they realized it was the wrong target.
"Damn! What a striking resemblance. We apologize for the inconvenience.
There must be a mix-up somewhere," Rodrigo apologized to the lady.
"I'm not allowing you all to leave here without paying for the damages." She threatened them and grabbed Rodrigo's shirt.
"Madam, please let go of me.
I just apologized. Is that enough already?" Rodrigo frowned.
"Says who? Are you paying me off, or do you want me to scream and alert the others? I'm pretty sure they'll be willing to listen to a heavily pregnant lady," she hissed.
Durella stood from afar to await Fiona's capture.
He was already beaming with smiles that she was finally captured.
25 minutes had gone by, and his men hadn't shown up yet with Fiona.
"What could be keeping them? She ought to be brought here already. I don't understand how difficult it is to capture a pregnant teenage girl." He thought.
After minutes of waiting, he got tired and decided to go see what was happening.
To his greatest shock, he saw a mysterious pregnant lady gripping Rodrigo's shirt.
"What the heck is happening here? Where's Fiona? And why is this lady gripping your shirt?" Durella was quizzed.
He can't seem to understand what was happening.
"We thought she was Fiona. She turned out to be a different person. Now she's requesting a payoff before she will let go. We've been this way for minutes now. Can you please talk to her?" Rodrigo implored.
"Madam, what's the matter? You weren't our target. Let go of him." Durella stepped in as the mediator.
"Then be prepared to beat a pregnant lady to death because there's no way I'm letting go of him unless he pays me off," she insisted.
"Pays you off? For what exactly? We don't remember buying anything from you.
us go," Durella displayed a dagger to threaten her.
"You'd be long dead even before anyone finds out. You're not the person we seek.
Alpha Kane sent us on an errand to find his missing Luna named Fiona. I want to believe your name isn't Fiona, is it?"
"Of course not. I apologize for my behavior. They were mere pregnancy exhibits. I wish you success in your quest." She freed Rodrigo's shirt and walked away as though nothing happened.
"How did you do it? I tried all tricks to discard that lady, but none worked," Rodrigo laughed.
"You're the worst thing that ever happened to our pack. Just pray we find Fiona before nightfall." Durella spanked his head as they continued their search.
________ It's 5:30 pm already, and Fiona hasn't been found yet. Alpha Kane is becoming restless about the predicament.
Glancing at the calendar on his wall, he could confirm his birthday was fast approaching.
He is refusing to talk to anyone or eat something. Food has become his greatest enemy now.
A few months ago, he never cared about Fiona a bit.
He treated her like garbage as though she never existed.
Fast forward to this moment; he can't wait to see her get back alive.
90 percent of his thoughts have been occupied by Fiona alone.
He wished she would return to the pack, for his son's sake.
"Knock! Knock!" A maid stood in front of his doorstep, knowing Kane didn't want to see anyone.
"Who's that? I thought I clearly stated I would rather not see anyone. Who the hell is that?" Kane smashed a glass against the wall in rage.
"I'm sorry, my Alpha. The moon guardian demands to see you immediately," the maid stated in a frightening voice.
"The moon guardian?" Kane exclaimed in shock.
She was the last person he expected to see at this moment.
A while ago, the moon guardian vowed never to step foot inside the pack anymore until the Alpha had gotten sensitive information about the whereabouts of Fiona.
"Go tell the moon guardian I'll be there shortly," Kane finally answered after a prolonged silence.
He wasn't sure what the moon guardian wanted, but whatever it was, Kane was quite optimistic it wouldn't worsen his situation.
Quietly, he tossed off his bed and stepped outside to Ariel frowning at his pack.
Kane couldn't move further.
He just stood from afar to welcome the moon guardian.
"To what do I owe this visit? You were the last person I expected to see." Kane stuttered.
"Then I might as well go back to the cave if I'm not welcomed here." She attempted to walk away when Kane stopped her.
"Please, don't. I take back my words. I am just a bit surprised to see you show up here after the embarrassment I caused previously," Kane apologized in a faint tone.
He's slowly becoming a shadow of himself with no strength.
"The moon goddess is upset at you for jeopardizing her efforts to save your clan. You're in deep trouble right now. "Ariel divulged.
"Trouble? Can I know my offense? I'm fed up with everything happening around me." Kane wailed like a toddler.
The last time he shed was when he lost his father. The once ruthless Alpha is slowly becoming a weakling.
"Yes, my Alpha. You brought this problem upon yourself. You're the reason Fiona eloped with the pregnancy. Now you must pay dearly for it," she said.
"But how? I can't seem to recall anything. I never had a fallout with Fiona before her escape." Kane replied confused.
"What did you discuss with Durella, your BETA? Your discussion with him made Fiona escape."
"My BETA? I just… Oh, now I recall," Kane reminisced about the last discussion he had with his BETA, where he revealed the reason he desperately wanted Fiona to get married.