LOGINAuthor's POV It was already a new day. Sage had been gone for nearly twenty four hours. Dominic had been counting subconsciously, she had been gone for twenty one hours. He had been back from the deserted city twenty hours ago. The riddles hadn't left his mind but they had taken second place. At that moment his most serious concern was finding Sage. Nothing else concerned him. He had been waiting for feedback for his men on what they had found. Since night had fallen during the search, they hadn't been able to search seriously. Instead they had waited for morning but after cutting the road off from access. They didn't want the place to be corrupted anymore. Dominic had already taken a shower. It was still early in the morning, the sun hadn't risen yet but he was ready to go to the spot. He would search for himself. They shared a bond, there was no way he wouldn't sense her there if she had been. The door opened after a singular knock. Dominic didn't need to look up to know his mo
Author's POV Dominic downed the cup of wine, he liked the way the taste hit his tastebuds. He pushed it to the side and looked back at the screen to see what was there but nothing had changed. It didn't matter how many times he looked. His soldiers had gone to the spot to search but had spotted nothing. His patience was beginning to run thin. If Dominic didn't find her soon, he would go mad. The link was still inexistent, it didn't matter how hard he tried to find her. It felt like she didn't exist anymore but he was sure he did. He had looked at his phone several times from any news but nothing had come. Despite his mom's words, he had not had any clarity on what the voice had told him. He stood up from his chair, pushing it back with force. There was only one other person that he could ask.Linda hadn't left the palace after Sage's exit. He had been grateful for that. She was a support that he didn't know he needed especially during this time when he was too occupied to give the
Author's POV Sage's eyes hadn't adapted to the darkness of the room. It was pitch black with not even a sliver of light inside the room. She had no idea how huge or how small the place was because the walls were invisible. Her heart raced, pumping with adrenaline. She didn't want to admit it but she was scared. Her eyes had remained tied behind her and when she tried to move, the restraints of a rope held her bound to the chair. The restraint of movement and the darkness together felt like a horrible recipe. She could hardly breathe easily already. Then she heard it, the voice. It came from the darkness. It didn't come from in front of behind or even beside. The voice seemed to be coming from everywhere, like an echo of the god speaking to you from above. “You have arrived at my home and I must welcome you" it was a rich, deep voice with an accent that seemed familiar. It immediately grabbed Sage's attention. She felt her body tighten with alarm at the voice. “What do you want?
Author's POV As Dominic walked back to his office, he remembered what the voice had told him. He was the cause of who Sage was. If he understood it correctly, that also meant he was the cause of all of this and he had no idea how. It was mind boggling and it didn't matter how much he didn't want to think about it, his mind eventually turned back to it. It alternated between where Sage probably was and what the voice had said to him. When he stopped in front of the war room, he paused. He had forgotten momentarily what her mother had said but immediately it came rushing back. He remembered the location and so he walked in to find Elias there. Keisha had not yet come back. He cleared his throat, “Here's the location." Almost immediately, Elias began to note it down. Dominic read it out to him before taking a seat. He looked at Elias and then turned to the projector in front of the room. "Turn that on. I know the area and they have cameras, well placed” Once Elias turned it on, Domi
Author's POVDominic felt helpless. It had been several hours, and she hadn't reached out again. None of the searches had yielded any results. It felt like suddenly she had vanished off the face of the earth. There was only one hope he had—her mother.She would be arriving in a few more hours, and that was the only person who could give him any clue. He needed to know what exactly he was facing because it seemed like more than random enmity, as if this was special, targeted.Keisha walked into the room. His expression was no different from earlier when he walked out—hopeless. “There's been nothing new. We're trying to scan all the highway cameras, but there are plenty, and we don't know where to target.”“Her mother will know. I don't care if it exposes the other secrets. She had to have been taken from somewhere, and that is where the search has to begin.” His hands went back to his already tousled hair. That had been his only distraction.His commander, Elias, walked into the room a
Author's POVDominic looked at the time when he heard the sound of the blades ahead. Just as Elias had promised, only eight minutes had gone by, and the helicopter had already arrived. He slowed the speeding car before stopping.Ahead, the helicopter landed on the broad and empty road. He turned to Keisha. “Come along. Let the guards make their way back themselves. I will need you by my side.” He shoved the words that had been whispered to him away.The ones closest to you will betray you.He didn't want to even imagine that it could be Keisha. They had grown up together; the last thing he would believe was that.Just as he expected, as soon as he said the words, they raced towards the helicopter. The doors opened for them, letting them into the cool space before shutting behind them. There were two soldiers inside, no one else.They greeted him as he took a seat. Dominic didn't care for their greetings. He ignored them, pulling his phone out to monitor the search process. Before he g
Sage's POVI hadn't left the room the whole day after. It was due to his instructions, because something told me that if I didn't do as he asked, he would be angry. The last thing I wanted to do was cause his anger after all I had done these past few days. My eyes went to the window, where I had s
Sage's POVHe gently removed my hands from around him and began to walk out. I quickly joined him, wiping my tears as I tried to match up with his pace. He brought his warriors just to save me. The guards shielded us as we walked through the woods till we got to where the cars were parked. I did
Sage’s POVNo matter how I tried to convince myself that everything was alright, I couldn’t shake off the feeling that it was not.For a moment I stood, looking back at the wide and thick gates. But when I remembered my mother, I began to move again. The distance between Shadow Pack and Moonlight
Sage’s POV “Cyrus?” My skin itched at the sound of his name. “What the heck do you want from me?” He laughed really loud. That kind of mocking laugh that said ‘I told you’. Tears welled up in my eyes.I knew he wasn’t right, but everything feels like he is. And for the fact that I honestly had







