Chapter 44: Not Again - Chris

I was in a semi-asleep state as I manoeuvred in bed, instinctively pulling Mei closer to me, but my eyes snap open when instead of feeling pleasurable jolts of electricity or her soft locks tickling my nose, instead I get a face full of her pillow.

“Mei?” I call out as I slowly sit up, now fully awake and alert.

'What’s going on?' Axel yawns and stretches in my mind.

I walk over to the bathroom and peek my head in, but nothing. I start sniffing the air and catch her scent, but it’s faded, which means she’s been gone for a while. Dread crashes over me like an avalanche and I start hyperventilating. She can’t be gone, not again. I can’t lose her again! If someone has taken her I swear to the Gods I will unleash hell.

'She wouldn’t just leave on her own, would she? That’s not like her,' Axel frets while pacing back and forth anxiously.

Just as I’m about to storm out and try to track her through our bond, I feel a link opening up between us.

'Chris, Axel, I’m so sorry. I’m okay, I p