Lucius's POVThe security had been increased just like I had instructed and I worked harder, moving between my pack and the human city to make sure no loopholes were left open.As the day to the party drew closer, I couldn't help the dreadful feeling that ate at the back of my mind.With Patrick lurking in the corners, I knew this was a very risky mood.I thought of canceling it but I soon rejected that idea. It was the best way we had developed to push Jolynn out of my life. If we canceled, I would have to keep dealing with her and Patrick."Lucius?"Diane's voice broke through the thick layers of thoughts in my head.I raised my head from the table and found her leaning against my office door with a worried smile on her face.My heart immediately jolted and I was up before I even realized it."Diane, what's the matter?" I asked as I moved closer to her.I took her arm and walked her into the office. I offered her a seat and pulled another close to her so I could look at her face."W

Diane's POV "Sophie, where are you taking me?" I whined as she continued pulling my hand along the corridors of the club."Patience, love. It's a surprise!" She replied with excitement.I couldn't tell if she was just drunk or she was just over-excited about something, I couldn't put a finger on it."It's just a few more meters," she giggled as she continued pulling me.This side of the club was less crowded than where we were coming from but it didn't help my nerves, rather it just made it worse.I was smiling at her words and excitement but it didn't reach the back of my mind. Fear was slowly crawling into me and the further we went I regretted moving with her.I looked behind us and I mentally calculated how far I had gotten from Lucius.The red and blue lights of the club danced around making the corridor look spooky to me. I turned my head back around and I wanted to tell Sophie to stop when she did stop... on her own."We are here!" She giggled and turned to me with her finger

Lucius's POV "Ahhh!" Sophie's wails filled my office as she continuously cried. "She was right behind me! How did she go missing!? Oooh..."We had all moved out of the club and proceeded to make my office the war room.Sophie was sitting on the floor, her theatricals getting on my nerves as she cried louder than someone who had lost a child.I knew it was just the alcohol making her do everything she was doing but I needed her to be sober and quickly."Sophie, I need you to take this," I offered her a pill and a glass of water.It was supposed to sober her up in seconds but she was refusing to take it, hence my frustration."No!!" She shrieked, turning her head away from me. "I am not going to take pizza when my friend is missing! No! I won't do that!"My patience was on the last straw but I had to push myself because this was Diane we were talking about. If there was any chance that we could get her from wherever she was, then this was our only shot."Sophie, this isn't pizza. It is

Lucius's POV "Maybe we can call them and arrange something with them?" Lucas said as I continued packing my bags."There has to be a mistake somewhere and we can fix it from here. You don't have to do as they say," he kept on rambling.But I knew it and even he did know deep down that there was no way out of this. If I didn't return to the pack castle, they were going to execute Diane's grandfather as the rogue king we have been after all of these years.And I couldn't let that happen."Lucius, you can speak to them. There has to—"I closed my bag and turned to him briskly, making his words hang in his throat. "You know that won't change their mind," I told him, my voice filled with pain that burned my veins."But what about Diane?" Lucas asked the very question that was burning my wolf.With every energy in me, I wanted to stay and keep searching for Diane myself. But I would only be doing more damage if I let my people kill her grandfather.I lifted my bag and placed it on the grou

Lucius's POVI stood in the castle conference room. A large war room was different from the one we used for the emergency meeting the last time I got called from my honeymoon.This was the main room in the pack's castle. A place where a lot of wars and chaos had been planned and strategize to victory. But today, I was going to save Diane's father and hopefully calm the rest of the council long enough to return home to find my Diane.But first, I had to remind these people who were the leaders in the room. How could they call an urgent meeting; pull such a stunt on me and then pretend to be too tired to attend the meeting? Not on my watch.My eyes were narrowed to the entrance and I watched as one by one the council members stepped in and took their seats.None of them were able to look into my eyes. They could all feel the heat of my anger from miles away and none wanted to be the first to witness it.I waited till they had all come in and settled down before I began to address them.