I stopped by her door and knocked thrice. No response.
I tried to calm the erratic beating of my heart. Her scent was too faint, but it might have been because she was asleep and under the blanket.
I knocked one more time. And then another. I should turn around andlet her sleep, but my guts told me something was wrong.
Why are lights illuminated under the gap below the door? Did she fall asleep with the full lights on?
My breath hitched as I grabbed the door handle and twisted it slowly. It was unlocked.
Fuck! Where is she?
I knew she could possibly be in the bathroom again, but I couldn’t help the negative thoughts that rushed through my head. I opened the door abruptly and scanned the room. When I saw no sign of her, I rushed to the bathroom and flung the door open.
Empty.
My eyes darted to the clothes hamper sitting in the corner beside the sink counter. It was empty.
Where are the clothes she came with? Did she put it on again?
I felt dizzy as I turned around and swiped my gaze around her bedroom one more time, my eyes looking for her clothes.
Fuck! Did she really fucking leave me? Was everything a fucking lie?
I didn’t know if I would burst out in anger or cry as I walked towards the door, punching the wall beside it before leaving her room.
‘Has anyone seen Nadia?’I sent a mindlink to my Beta and Gamma.
‘No…’They replied at the same time.
‘Then fucking get up and find her now!’I roared in their heads while pain coursed through my chest. She left me.
‘I’m coming down!’My Beta replied, and my Gamma gave the same response.
I was moving too fast and was flying down the flight of stairs. In seconds, both of them were trailing behind me.
“Check with someone at the border!” I ordered, not caring who among them would do it.
Fuck! I coiled my hands into fists as we reached the first floor of the packhouse. Her scent was faint here. She passed here moments ago.
I walked down the corridor, my gaze sweeping each room that I was passing while the others were checking the other places on the first floor. I couldn’t think straight as I ran towards the entrance of the packhouse with my heart hammering in my chest.
Please! Don’t fucking leave me!My eyes watered at my own thoughts. I didn’t know what I would do if she left again.
I was almost out the front door, preparing my wolf to take over, when Gamma Sebastian shouted after me. “Alpha! I found her!”
Chapter 13
NADIA.
Ikept thinking about mymate. I tried to console myself by smelling his scent on the shirt I was wearing, hoping sleep would take over. But it never came.
Perhaps because I had no idea what we were to each other at this point. We didn’t talk about it. I wasn’t sure if the two-month deal was still in effect or had been canceled.
Although he said he didn’t leave me on purpose at the cave, it still didn’t mean that he wanted me. But the real question was if I could find it in me to walk away from him once the two-month agreement was over. It wasn’t even 24 hours, and yet, I didn’t want to be far away from him. What more if I spent two months with him?
The only other option was to make him fall in love with me, so I didn’t need to leave. But that seemed impossible because he was an Alpha and I was just me. Not even my own family wanted me.
‘Stop, Nadia! You’ve been through this torture for years, and I thought we were moving on?’Arrow snarled at me. She hated it when I wallowed in self-pity, but she would never understand because she was so beautiful and I was just me.
