Chapter 766
Chapter 111 : Bait
*Soren*
Fists clenched, I stomped toward Thomas, glaring at him. Mila and I finally had some alone time and now this…
I was angry, frustrated, and more than a little wound up.
Thomas arched an eyebrow at me as I approached.
“Something wrong?”
“This better be urgent,” I snarled.
Thomas smirked and shook his head. “I didn’t interrupt something, did I?”
Scoffing, I threw my head back. “Tell me why you called me here.”
Thomas had hit the nail on the head, but I wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction. He would just tease me anyway, and we had more pressing matters, according to him.
“Patrol reported a breach on the southeast side of the packland. Mila’s maze was breached,” he told me.
“How?” I asked, creasing my brow.
Thomas shrugged. “We haven’t figured that out yet. All we can tell is that at least one intruder got inside and has been sneaking through the packlands for about 30 minutes or so.”
“Do we know who they are or what they want?” I crossed my arms, my annoyance quickly dissipating as the safety of these people became my only concern.
“No,” Thomas shook his head. “We couldn’t identify the intruder. Soren, if this is one of the king’s men… we’ve been exposed.”
I held up a hand to keep Thomas from working himself up more.
“I doubt that the king would send one lonely soldier to warn us he was coming. Right now, focus on the Norwind survivors. Check for any injuries, fatalities, or damages.”
“Already done. No one was injured, definitely no fatalities, and no damage. This intruder slipped in. It was like they didn’t want to be found, like a spy.”
“Hmm.”
“They were cunning and didn’t leave a trace. Our patrols couldn’t track them down. You still think the king isn’t involved?”
I shook my head, not sure of anything. “Were there any pack members that could identify the intruder? Any witnesses?”
Pretty much everyone was at the party, other than you and Mila. no one spotted the strangers.”
I stroked my chin.
“You’re wrong, Thomas, not everyone was at the party…”
“Ashley!”
I nodded. With silent consent, Thomas and I headed to Ashley’s place. It was a temporary house that was set up for the warriors who were coming and going with supplies. Ashley had claimed a single room for herself.
Her room was empty.
I sighed and bowed my head.
“Eros,” I muttered.
to be,”
me away. I
room, heart racing. Without looking back, I tore across pack territory
I
fall for such a simple trick!? It was
woods. One of
raked my eyes over her. She
I thought her face
wrong?” I asked,
Payne growled. “Eros came.”
Mila’s maze. The matebond… It probably made the spell think
and shook her head. “Well, he won’t be able
and leaned against
was like she’d had her heart broken. But the only way for Eros not to use the
frowned. “You rejected
he was gone. He’s left the territory,
did one say to
broke the silence,
off
worried about Mila. I thought Eros lured me away so he could get to her.
head. “Mila? She wasn’t with Eros. He didn’t get close to
to know more about it. Fresh tears streaked her face. It wasn’t the time to bother her with
didn’t sound like she was in danger. I could leave
nodded gratefully. My heart stopped racing and I unclenched my
you take the next couple of days off? If you
and
you had
“No, it was necessary. Now, I
I
Ashley’s smile widened slightly.
get her to bed,”
nodded as the two of
my shoulder. “Since Mila’s safe, I’m going to go strengthen the weak
“Good idea.”
to be the third
Thomas. “Fine, I’ll
cabin, I burst
Silence.
went outside, looking around, trying to catch her scent. There were
Where had she gone?
he hadn’t taken her. If her fear was
any clue. Back in the cabin, I plopped down on the couch. Something under the cushion
my brow, I reached underneath and
***
I headed to the
Pomeni and then arranged to leave.
seemed to do better when she was with us,
I should have killed Eros right then and
your fault,
I was weak and I believed his
your mate. And
the note I kept in my pocket. Whether Eros had been there to hurt Mila or not, I knew she hadn’t left because of
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