Chapter 9

Connor

I was growling. Who the fuck was that man? His aura was like no other. He wasn’t an alpha, but something greater. The look in his eyes was severe. He wanted me dead. I felt like I was a man marked by death. Death roamed over my life since my encounter with him, and I could feel it. I needed to be careful.

I hid out in the forest. I was blinded, and my eye was damaged. I needed to go to the hospital, but I couldn't as I don't know if that man is still in my pack. I mind link my beta.

‘ Beta, that man,’

‘ He’s gone, sir,’ he says. I can tell he was distressed and in pain, after all, he was one of the people that the beast almost killed. I think back to my mate and the concern in that stranger’s eyes.

‘ And Elara?’ I ask. I am feeling apprehensive and nervous. I want to know, but also I'm scared that he has taken her, my mate.

‘ She went with him, Alpha,’ he says softly. I feel many emotions swell in me.

Fear, hurt, anger, and so much more. I’ll never see her again now. Elara