Elliot's POV

Just as I asked the maid if she had seen Silver, I felt her presence nearby. My eyes shot in the direction of the bathrooms, and I saw Silver staring at me with wide eyes. Then, she turned to leave only to run into Shirly who was exiting the bathroom behind her.

Silver froze momentarily as she looked up at Shirly and then she turned in the opposite direction and ran from the room.

I furrowed my brows together.

What was Shirly doing in the bathroom with Silver? Had she said something.

Ignoring Shirly's piercing stares, I chased after Silver, running through the packhouse and trying to get a glimpse of her but there was no trace of her to be found.

She was fast.

"Silver!" I called out, hoping she would respond, but I was met with only silence.

I followed her lingering scent and made my way out the front of the packhouse; I stepped onto the front porch, staring off into the dark abyss, and called her name once more, but once again, I was met with only silence.

"Is everything okay, Alpha?" I heard Leo behind me.

turned to look

where Silver went?" I asked

furrowed his

In the middle of the event?" Leo asked, staring off into

out a low growl that emerged from deep in my

you to find out where she has gone,"

Leo nodded.

he said, and he left

Silver's recent behavior leading up to this gathering. She was reluctant to even come tonight. She tried everything in her

known she would have

inside of me, not liking the fact that Silver was out of our sight. I didn't like his apprehension over the ordeal, reminding him that Silver was just our contract wife and nothing more. "Then why can't

Shirly who seemed to be looking for

she left?" Shirly asked, looking

well," I told her, not wanting to discuss my wife with another woman, even if she was a long-time friend and

mine and walked with me back to the party on the back patio. "We hardly had any time to catch up. I wanted to

with a

out of the packhouse like she was on

his mouth to respond and then his eyes flashed to

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