“What do you mean she’s missing?” Maya asked, looking at Ainar confusedly.
“She’s gone. She wasn’t on the dungeon when Nikolas went to give her food,” Ainar answered. He’s holding Gavin’s hands tightly but still somehow gentle.
“We think she escaped.”
“That’s bad,” Maya murmured.
“What will happen now?”
“I came here to get Jericho. We need more hunters to look for her. Surely, she hasn’t gone that far,” Ainar turned to look at Gavin.
“She might still be around here. It’s dangerous.”
“You have to hurry then. You need to catch her immediately.”
A ghost of sadness crossed Maya’s feature. Gavin empathizes with her. The alpha has been her friend for so long too. And to talk about your friend as such despite knowing what they did, is still painful. The expression was quickly gone though.
“We really should,” Ainar replied. They all stood up. Maya quickly stacked their empty bowls of food and made a quick run to dispose them in cooking house. When she returned, Ainar turned to her.
“Maya,”
