Chapter 12

POV Eric

The next morning everything almost seemed normal. I could hear mom singing to herself in the kitchen and in the office dad was pacing, making phone calls and running his fingers through his hair in frustration.

I sat down across the table from mom and started dishing up a plate. When my father came in and sat next to me I was surprised but chose to blow it off. He usually sat at the head of the table.

“I just don’t understand.” He said after a few minutes of silence.

“What’s going on?” I asked him. Not expecting a response.

“We found the cave she was hiding in, along with 3 shifted and disfigured bodies. I have this feeling that the male is at least a Beta. I’ve rang every pack for hundreds of miles, an Alpha or Beta doesn’t just leave without someone noticing. They are all adimit that everyone in their pack is accounted for.”

“You think they ran away from their pack?” I asked.

“There was a betrothal pendant where the child was hiding. I gave it and all the emblem