All Chapters of Dear Mate, You’re Mine!: Chapter 101 - Chapter 104

Astra's POVMy fist clenched, my chest rose and fail with sharp breaths. My blood boiled beneath my skin, rage swirled inside me like an inferno threatening to spill from the surface. I couldn't get over this– to get over the fact that Mary, my loyal servant was gone.Kidnapped. Right under my nose.I wasn't sure what was hurt the most, my heart or my ego. Mary was family, the kind you looked out for but even more so she was my staff, she was a servant of this palace and yet right under my nose as queen, she was Kidnapped. That was an insult to me and to my warriors.And so as soon as the warriors and guards assembled, I didn't hesitate to lash at them. After my ego, it was thiers on the line and maybe they needed a wake up call to realize it."You stand there, on this ground, in this palace and one of you. A member of this house was snatched right under your nose." My voice was cold and loud, sending shivers down their spine. "On your scouts honor, you promised to protect this palace

Astra's POVBeyond... the palace was transformed quietly, very quietly.Underground corridors were sealed. Blind spots on patrol routes were reinforced. Assassins hidden in the crowd were tracked with baited decoys. Trusted guards rotated in triple shifts.We went even further, surveillance Phoenix birds were released to circle the skies above the capital. They appeared like regular phoenix, sometimes even regular falcons but they were much more.We were careful though, careful to not release them often, sending suspicion to the other side.Every floor was wired. Every sound filtered through on my command. Every envoy the same.And still, no word from Mary.We'd gone through almost all the possible hideouts, about twenty possible hideouts, and she was not in eighteen of them.My composure didn't crack, but Jerome could see the toll in my eyes. The pain, the silence between our plans.It's been five days, five days since her kidnap, five days since the bomb incident. The shattered wall