Geri's eyes widened."Did he leave the room?"
His question shouldn't make Rourke feel bad, but fuck.Ezra never left the room, did he?"Did anyone see him in the dining hall?"
Geri shook his head.
"No."Ulric sighed."I don't think he eats as he should."
Shit, Due was right.He was a crappy mate.
"Would he go to Farkas?"
"Farkas?"Geri's voice was full of disbelief.
No one went to Farkas, but Rourke shrugged."As far as I know, he's only spoken to the two of you and Farkas."
"It would surprise me if he was in Farkas' cabin, but I guess we can check."Geri grabbed his phone off the small table right inside the door, then he stepped out into the corridor.
They went outside.Farkas lived in one of the cabins next to the main house.In all honesty, it was more of a shed.Rourke winced as he took in the state of it.It was leaning slightly, the paint flaking, and it was tiny.He knocked on the door and waited.
A few seconds later, Farkas opened the door.His form more or less filled the frame despite him being half the size he'd been before he was taken by witches.Rourke could glimpse an unmade bed inside, the small kitchenette had a few dirty dishes on the counter, and there was one spindly table with a single chair.The door to the bathroom was closed, but Rourke didn't think Ezra was in there.
"Have you seen Ezra?"
"Not since..."He waved toward the main building."Why?"
"I can't find him, and no one has seen him."
Farkas pursed his lips."Can he have gone back to his clan?"
There was a clawing in Rourke's chest."No.Why would he?"
Farkas shrugged."I don't know.I was only thinking about where he'd go.If he felt unsafe here, where would he go?"
"He's not unsafe."
"No?You looked ready to rip him apart when you entered the room.What did you do after we left?Did you calm him?"
The look on his face must've been answer enough because Farkas shrugged."So where would he feel safe?Where would he go to hide from you?"
Hide from him?He was Ezra's mate.He shouldn't want to hide from him.
"Can't you track him through the mate bond?"Geri frowned at the hand Rourke hadn't known he was rubbing against his chest.
"No.I don't know if it hasn't manifested properly yet or if Ezra is blocking me somehow.He should've tapped into my power when he drained himself setting up the wards, but he didn't."
The next second, a sound best described as a hiss came from Ulric, and he shuddered before pushing up the sleeve of his shirt to show them the goosebumps."Witch at the door."
Rourke snarled, then he calmed."Is it Ezra?"
Ulric shrugged."No idea."
It had to be, right?He'd crossed the border.What the hell was he doing outside?He couldn't see in the dark, and it was falling fast now.
A car rolled up the gravel road.
"Not Ezra."Ulric stared at it."Unless he's somehow gotten a car."
The car came to a stop, and the male who'd handed Ezra over stepped out.
