Page 16 of King Alejandro

“I’m fucking doing it,” I replied icily.

“Al…”

“Go make yourself fucking useful and leave me the fuck alone,” I growled dangerously, my eyes flashing red.

He simply sighed and nodded, leaving the room and shutting the door behind him. I was not going to fucking rest until I found her, and I would, even if I had to fucking destroy the entire fucking planet in the process, I would.

Their Pain

Kiara

“Leave him.” I glanced at Rayhan as I was about to lift Dante from the bed.

“You need to sleep, too.” He shook his head.

“I can’t sleep anyway. Leave him here. I’ll watch over them both.” Our eyes met, and I nodded, feeling terrible.

“I’m so sorry, Ray,” I whispered. He shook his head, giving me a small smile that didn’t take away the emotions in his eyes that were riddled with worry and pain.

“We’re family, and we stick together. You need to stop apologising,” he said, caressing Delsanra’s snowy white hair. “She’s a fighter. They both are…”

I nodded as I kissed Dante’s forehead. How much pain was he in? Was he going to be okay? I looked over at Delsanra, caressing her hair for a moment. She had two little pups, Ahren and Sienna. Goddess, they needed their mother.

“Kiara?” Rayhan’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts, and he raised an eyebrow. “They’ll be okay.”

I nodded, unable to say anything, feeling absolutely devastated. I had to fix this. I had to get Kataleya back…

Liam had gone to see if he could track anything whilst Darien and Alejandro were working on putting the word out. Mom was with Skyla and Dad was out there doing what he could too. Only I was doing nothing…

Kataleya…

I stepped into the room, placing the suitcase I had brought from the other room onto the floor of the one that Dante had once occupied. I switched the light on and walked to the adjoining bathroom whilst trying to control the tears from spilling down my cheeks. I looked in the mirror, the words on the letters screaming in my head. I had to get them on paper somehow. What if I tried to write them?

I splashed water on my face before returning to the bedroom and rummaging in Dante’s things until I finally found his sketchbook and his pencil case. Taking it over to the bed, I sat down, opened it up to a blank page, and took a deep breath.

Pay the debt…

I placed the pencil on the paper, my heart beating as I used all my willpower to try to write the words. Jarring pain rushed up my arm, but I didn’t stop. I was a blessed wolf, and I was not going to let anything hinder me. I looked out at the glowing moon and let my aura surge around me, drawing power from the moon itself.I am not weak.I will not bend to whatever this was.

P… a… y…

I gritted my teeth as I continued. Splintering pain tore up my arm, but I needed to get it on paper.

The… debt…

I could taste coppery blood in my mouth as I continued. My entire body was shaking by the time I managed the message from the first letter, my vision darkening as I wiped the blood that trickled out of the corner of my mouth. My hand was stinging, and it looked raw, my skin peeling as if it had been scraped against a grater.Goddess, what is this?

The next line…

A… debt…

The pen fell from my hand, searing pain making my vision darken, just as the door burst open.

“Kiara!”

I looked up as Alejandro caught me before I almost tumbled to the ground, the sparks from his touch were all that I could focus on, the pain began to dissipate a little.

“Read it,” I whispered, staring into his blazing red orbs. He didn’t let go of me, holding me close as he grabbed the book.