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Onaries shook his head, "The doctor said he needs a few days to run some kind of experiments on the girl first. According to him, he'll pump her full of the drugs he developed over the years to make conception possible.

I told him that they are mates, he doesn't need to pump her full of drugs for him to get her pregnant, but he is skeptical about that. "

He gave a dismissive wave of his hand, "He can have his few days.

It works in our favor anyway. You can be happy knowing that the Alpha King will be tormented for at least four days, not knowing what happened to his woman, if she's being tortured if she's still alive.

They will be searching all of Naturiah looking for her, not knowing she is already in the human world, in the dreaded lab, being pumped full of torturous drugs that will cause her excruciating pain and drive her to the blink of insanity.

It will destroy her mind and her body. Even if she survives—and I know she won't—she will never be the same again. "

NATURIA H

They searched for her till nightfall, but they couldn't find her. They were still searching.

After they found out she was missing, an emergency council meeting was called.

The council was told what was going on, including the news about Onaries.

Head Sentinel Rodarh was devastated at the news.

The older male broke down and cried at the council meeting when he found out that their own Alpha leader was Naturiah's serial killer.

Then he'd sworn to help found the Rahinna Queen and to bring Onaries to justice.

All the Alphas sent out their sentinels, their warriors.

Everyone was searching for her, including the alphas.

They searched every nook and cranny of the Heart of Naturiah, the Werewolf clan, and the Elephant Clan but she was nowhere to be seen.

Naturiah is a big world. It will take at least three months to search every single part of it, from clan to clan. That was their fear the information they don't have, the time they don't have. The Rahinna Queen does not have three months.

By midnight Alphose, Degar, and Adanel reassembled with Wolfaraine in one of the caves at the Elephant Clan. They searched with him for over an hour, and in that duration of time, they were worried for their Alpha King.

After his outburst when he found out his mate was missing, Wolfaraine barely said a word since then. Just relentless searching with banked-up rage in his eyes.

For more than a week, he did not sleep well because they were investigating the identity of the Wild Psychopath, and now, his mate is missing. The Alpha King needed rest, but none of them could bring themselves to suggest it to him.

"You need to rest, Alpha King." Adanel finally said it two hours after midnight, "We will take it from here— "

Wolfaraine shook his head firmly, "Do not ever say a word like 'rest' to me again. I will not rest until she is found."

"You are no use to her almost dead, Your Highness," Degar took the courage to add in a soft voice, "You need your full strength. You need to be on full alert if we are to find her. You need to rest to recuperate. Depriving yourself a much-needed rest will not help her."

Wolfaraine bit his lips hard until the metallic taste of blood filled his mouth. When he spoke again, his voice was low, dangerously calm. "I am too restless to rest, Degar. I...I am exhausted, but I do not think I can rest. My brain is too active to shut down."

"What is that monster doing to her? Is he torturing her...? Has he killed her...?" The rage in his eyes receded, and the bone-deep pain he was feeling filled his eyes, "It's been hours. Hours. Excruciating hours. I..." he shook his head, at a loss for words.

"We will find her," Alphose vowed. "We will do everything we can to find her."

Flaora, the Alpha King's former mistress, paced restlessly in her bedroom. She was raked with fear and indecision. She has been since she saw what she saw.

She'd seen a male carrying an unconscious female into the Wild Forest, which is a pathway to the human world. She'd been far away to make out who the male was or who the female is, but when she heard the news about the Alpha King's mate, she finally understood what she saw.

The figure she saw was that of Onaries, the Elephant Alpha leader, kidnapping the King's mate, taking her out of Naturiah. Everyone is searching Naturiah, but they don't know that the Rahinna Queen is no longer in Naturiah. The only person that has that information is her.

She is filled with indecision because she does not know if she should tell Wolfaraine what she knows.

It will get her in trouble because she was breaking the law when she witnessed it.

There is a law that prohibits changelings from going to the Caves of Hemar.

That was where she was coming back from when she saw it.

Should she risk herself and tell what she saw? It will help the males focus their searches where they should, and it will save time for the Rahinna Queen. But it will get her in trouble.

Flaora bit her finger nervously as she paced. If she kept quiet, no one would ever know, right? She will not be in trouble, either.

Filled with indecision, the question she had been asking herself for hours surfaced again.

To tell or not to tell...?

Ismena was terrified. She had been since she woke up five minutes ago and realized what had happened to her.

She has been kidnapped. Worse, she is no longer in Naturiah. Instead she is in a cold cage in the lab.

She squeezed her eyes shut, still pretending to be asleep so no one would know she was awake. Although she saw no one around when she opened her eyes before, there is every possibility that they are watching her in a surveillance camera. She cannot risk it .

Her head was still fuzzy from the drugs that Alpha pumped into her veins when he kidnapped her. She was still weak from it. She could barely move her body. Everywhere hurts. Whatever that drug is, it's dangerous for her.

How long has passed? Does Wolfe know she is missing? Is he searching for her? What will happen to her? Will she die here?

Oh God, I'm scared. She cried inwardly, her weak body shaking with terror.

"I know you are awake, small female. You can stop pretending."

The sharp voice startled her eyes open. A man has entered her cell. Her vision was a bit blurry, but she made him out to be in his late forties or early fifties. It wasn't the Alpha that kidnapped her, but the man was terrifying.

Too terrifying to be human.

And his eyes, He was looking at her with stark lust in his eyes.

A whimper filled with terror escaped her lips as she lay there, watching him.

The man turned, reached toward the ceiling, and removed something from the wall. He crushed it in his hand before letting it fall to the ground.

Then he began walking closer to her in a stalking manner, "No cameras now.

Don't worry, beautiful woman. It's just you and I here in this lab now.

That psycho Onaries and the damn humans are out.

They left you in my care. And I plan to take good care of you.

We will make good use of the time we have alone together. "

He stopped in front of her and crouched down. Claws were unsheathed from his fingers, and he ripped her clothes open in one swift move.