Eric raced back to Alpha Liam and Gabe on getting back to town he found Gabe asleep then he proceeded to Liam's room but he (Liam) was not in the room. He then went upstairs and found Alpha Liam sitting on a chair feeling depressed and frustrated. He wasn't in his right mind. This incident has really drained his best friend and seeing him like that made his heart broken.
He felt sad he just wished he could take this all away, but that was far from impossible.
Immediately, when Liam sensed someone's presence by his side, he quickly looked up only to see Eric with tattered clothes. He got up immediately and asked, "Eric what happened?"
Eric felt devastated and said
"I was hunted by some werewolves and found this." He brought out from his pocket a little bangle, one Liam bought for her as a birthday gift. And showed it to him
Showing this little jewelry he had found and taken from one of the werewolves. This gesture made Alpha Liam distraught and frantic.
When Alpha Liam saw his beloved wife's jewelry he howled so heavily.
Due to the noise, Alpha Liam made it. Gabe woke up running upstairs only to find Eric beside Liam feeling so angry.
Gabe then asked
"Eric, what is going on? Wha...What happened?" Eric then narrated everything from how the hardships he went through in the woods to how he had found Clara's jewelry on one of the werewolves that tried to kill him in there.
Gabe was so shocked that he couldn’t say anything.
Gabe was about to go downstairs when Eric recalled what he saw in the woods. He told Alpha Liam and Gabe that those werewolves that hunted him had some kind of symbol markings on each of their hands and that it looked like a strange rune of some sort.
I think it looks like this... Drawing the sign on a piece of paper.
And Gabe noticed the sign and said
"I think this is a sign of the deadly wolves, they are a dreadful pack. They act like savages and they can't be traced… I am afraid Luna Clara is no.…."
Before he could finish those words, Alpha Liam landed a heavy blow on his face to keep his mouth shut. After which he said and roared
"Not another word from your mouth Gabe, not another word," Liam said in anger.
"I am afraid for our beloved Luna, I mean what do these deadly packs want from her anyways? I can't just figure out what is going on... I can't begin to think something bad has happened to Clara" Eric said with all seriousness.
"Nothing is going to happen to my wife, and mate. If these things do something to hurt even a strand of her hair, I swear I will wipe out their entire race. So for their sake, they better not do anything to hurt her" Liam said in anger.
"Alpha, I think it's time we looked for a way to find their whereabouts (hideout). It may take a while longer than expected but that's our best choice right now" Eric said, trying to calm Liam down but it did the exact opposite, it only worsened the situation.
"What do you mean by that Eric? I want her to find Beta, I want my Luna and mate to find this instant. Even if it means leaving the pack to defend themselves, while I go look for her, I will," Liam said with all authoritativeness and conviction.
"Alpha you can't leave the pack undefended, how about you take care of the pack and I and some of your omegas at the border go in search of our Luna?" Gabe said, trying to make up for the words he said earlier that made him receive the hottest blow ever.
"How about we call for the seer? From the next town? Maybe she can give us clues if Clara is unharmed, if we are lucky enough, she will give us their location" An older man with gray hair and white beards in Liam's pack, an elder named Jayden said.
This particular man can be termed as an outcast in Alpha Liam's pack. He is known to reside in the mountains alone. Even amongst his peers, no one listens to what he says because they view him as just an old man affected with Dementia
Elder Jayden's POV
I was scaling through the woods to receive some fresh air, as usual, because I love admiring and visiting nature daily, this is one of the reasons my fellow elders disregard whatever I say and as time goes on the entire village views me as an old fool. So instead of sharing my thoughts and being ridiculed, I keep my thoughts to myself. For years I usually go out to receive some spiritual meditations. And it was on such an occasion that I saw Eric the beta of Alpha Liam racing back to the town with the most unfathomable speed.
I am sure it is due to the awkward way they kidnapped Luna, so I followed him carefully at a close distance. To find out about his latest findings.
Immediately after I got into town some of the elders sensed my presence and came out to see how old I have become over the past years.
"Jayden, why have you come out of seclusion? Did something strange happen" One of the elders said.
"Oh I am very okay, and nothing out of the ordinary happened"
"You look younger than the others, any special pills for the rest of us?"
"Not really, you just need to have a clear conscience that's all"
Immediately after I said these words, a loud uproar came from the upper part of the town and that's where the Alpha of the pack resides. So I walked a bit faster than usual so that I could get in before he lost his wits.
While they were given suggestions I brought mine and said
"How about we call for the seer? From the next town? Maybe she can give us clues as to if Clara is unharmed, if we are lucky enough, she might even be able to give us their location"
I suggested and without too much thought Liam agreed to my suggestion
"What are we waiting for let's go" Liam barked at both me and Eric and I led the way
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THE SEER
"Welcome Alpha Liam I've been expecting you," Aubrey said as the trio walked in
"Can you tell me where my mate is? Where is Clara?" Liam asked impatiently
"Calm down Liam patience is everything," Aubrey said bringing a magical orb
"Your mate is in critical condition she can't stay there long or she might die she's being tortured and from the look of things she will lose the baby soon"
"What? Where is she? Where are they keeping her?" Liam asked in anger
"That my young alpha I do not know but she's in grave danger. The place she is held is hard for a wolf to sniff out but there might be a way to find her, look deep into yourself Liam you know her better than anyone. Hold on to me and look deeper" Aubrey said
"Okay," Liam said stretching out to hold onto Aubrey's hand" I can't find her," Liam said feeling disappointed and scared he might not be the best one to find her
"Look deeper Liam she's a part of you somehow look Liam" Liam tried to focus
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Clara could be seen tied to a chair she was worn out her face pale
'Liam where are you please get me out of here' Clara muttered her life force slowly slipping away from her.
"Clara you have to do as you’re told or you will die," the masked guy said
"Get away from me you bastard" Clara yelled a resounding slap was given to Clara and she sobbed
"What do you want from me huh?" Clara sobbed
"It's simple for me to conceive and give birth to become mine or I will send your dead body to your Alpha as a gift. How would you like that huh? And don't get your hopes up that Alpha of yours is not going to come to save you because no wolf no matter how good their sense of tracking is can find you here you are all alone" she sobs then the masked man took off his mask
"Xander?" Clara said surprised
"Hello Clara it's good to see you after a few years you've become more beautiful more matured and more feisty"
"You're my brother how could you, mom sold me first to those monsters and you, you want to fucking take advantage of me so I can conceive for you? I'm your sister for heaven's sake are you out of your mind?"
"No you're not, listen Clara there are a lot of things you don't know you were never related to the Cooper's in any way. You were given to my parents at birth by some rich people, they asked us to take care of you and then they paid us to buy my parents a new house, a car, and a lot more and that's how you became a Cooper. Want to know why mom never treated you like her own? It’s because you were never hers, to begin with, so now I want just a little bit of that wealth your biological parents have to want to make you comfortable even though you were not living with them. So get prepared I'll bring you a change of clothes get ready for the fun tonight"
"Go jump in the river Xander," Clara said angrily struggling to get free
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Liam focused and thought only of Clara and then slowly he could see her tied to a chair and being tortured, and electrocuted, and then he saw a masked guy hurting Clara, and what surprised him most was the guy in the mask was Xander.
'Xander' he called out hearing the conversation that transpired between Clara and Xander he got so enraged that he couldn't wait to get Clara away from the monster he was seeing.
Coming out of the trance Liam felt a bit dizzy but regaining himself he barked out orders to Eric.
"Follow that riffraff we all thought was Clara's older brother"
"Xander? What has he got to do with Clara's kidnap" Eric asked a bit confused at Liam's words
"Everything... He kidnapped her with the intent of forcing himself on her we need to get her out of there gather all our best warriors to follow him he would lead us to Clara" Liam said
And then directing his words to Aubrey he said
"Thank you for your help, seer..." Realizing he didn't know her name he asked slightly embarrassed "I'm sorry I didn't get your name"
"I'm Aubrey" she replied to Liam's words
"Thank you, Aubrey. Elder Jayden thanks for your help"
"It's my duty Alpha as one of the elders" Jayden replied to Liam's words, on the other hand, Eric has already left the scene and had gone ahead with Liam's orders. Liam returned to the pack after Eric picked the finest warriors they left Liam was about to join them till Gabe stopped him
"I want to go with you," Gabe said stopping Liam
"No Gabe stay with Jas and the baby," Liam said
"She'll be fine, Clara is my friend too I should have been there for her" Gabe said
"It's not your fault Gabe stay with Jasmine okay she needs you"
"Okay bring her home," Gabe said
"I will" Liam promised and left
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Gabe couldn't bear to stay home so he asked Elder Jayden to stay and take care of Jasmine leaving a note for Jasmine who was asleep he wrote
'LOVE, I'LL BE BACK SOON I MADE A PROMISE TO PROTECT CLARA AND I'M KEEPING TO MY WORDS SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND AND I VIEW HER AS MY LITTLE SISTER I HAVE TO BRING HER HOME. I ASKED ELDER JAYDEN TO TAKE CARE OF YOU I'LL BE BACK SOON I LOVE YOU
GABE
After writing those words Gabe's mind linked his friend and buddy from his training days
''Phillip I need your help please come to me now please''
Before Gabe could complete his words Philip appeared to him
"Need my help old friend?" Philip asked
"It's good to see you too Philip," Gabe said smiling "but we got more pressing matters at hand I need you to help me trace Liam and Eric they would lead us to Clara"
"Leave that to me," Philip said his eyes turning white "this way," he said walking ahead of Gabe
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Eric slowly followed Xander when he came to town to meet his gambling friends
"Hey guys"
"Hmm, it's just Xander what do you want now? You still haven't paid the debt you owe from our last game so what now huh?" Kai asked slightly irritated
"Come on guys I know I haven't paid but I got a way of getting more money"
"What are you going to scam someone out of their money huh?" Hong said mockingly to him
"Fine what I do to get the money is none of your business Hong and most importantly I'll prove to you all that I'm not a piece of shit," Xander said angrily
"Go do whatever you want Xander but one thing is for sure bring the money you owe this evening," Kai said
"You'll regret this," he said and stumped out Eric kept watching Xander from afar after Xander left he began following him again
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"Hey you bitch you better put on this dress or I will hurt you, you hear me" one of Xander's men yelled at Clara
"No why don't you leave me the hell alone, huh please let me go I promise my husband would pay you anything please just let me go" Clara begged she felt now that Xander wasn't here she has to get away from there and run back to Liam even though she had to pay this guy to help her escape
"I don't care who your husband is all I got to do is what the boss asks me to do"
"Please just let me go please you can have your money if you let me go I can pay you to double what he promised" Clara was slapped hard across her face
"Let you go I don't care what you are offering put on the darn dress bitch" he said and walked out locking the door
"Liam please if you can hear me please save me please I can't hold on anymore I need you please don't tell me you've forgotten about me I miss you I don't think I can go on please Liam help, " Clara said frustrated and began sobbing.