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Damien’s POV 1

“Nothing.”

Marcus stood in front of my desk like he was delivering a death sentence. The afternoon light streaming through the office windows

made everything look too bright, too normal for the hell I was living through.

“What do you mean, nothing?”

“Sera was smart about it, Alpha.” Marcus’s jaw was tight with frustration. “Hat, face mask, stuck to back streets. We found footage of her

at three different bus stops, but after that…” He shook his head. “It’s like she just vanished.”

My hands clenched into fists on the desk. “She can’t just disappear.”

Jake said quietly. “No scent trail to follow. No pack connections to trace. She knows how to stay–invisible.”

“And she’s avoiding main roads,” Tyler added. “Sticking to local routes, probably paying cash for everything. She doesn’t want to be

found.”

“I don’t give a shit what she wants,” I snarled, standing up so fast my chair went flying backward. “Find her.”

The three warriors exchanged glances. Marcus stepped forward, his voice careful.

“Alpha, with respect, she’s had almost two days. She could be anywhere by now. Different state, different-”

“I said find her.” My voice dropped to that deadly whisper that made grown wolves show their necks. “I don’t care if you have to check

every bus station, every motel, every fucking diner between here and the Pacific Ocean. Find. My. Mate.”

“Yes, Alpha.”

They filed out, leaving me alone with my rage and grief. I slumped back against the desk, running my hands through my hair.

*Two days.*

Two days since I’d held her. Two days since I’d heard her voice. Two days of Adrian asking where Mommy went and me making up lies that tasted like poison.

My phone buzzed. Text message.

For one insane moment, hope flared in my chest. Maybe-

*Unknown number: “Your warranty is about to expire…*

I threw the phone across the room so hard it shattered against the wall.

as always. “Mr.

“Cancel it.”

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sir, they flew

“Cancel everything. I’m leaving.”

be there when Adrian got out of school. Had to pretend

apart.

woman I passed on the street made my heart skip. Every dark–haired figure at

a double–take.

*She could be anywhere.*

the sun was starting to

perfect.

it felt like

echoed through the hallway as he came running toward me,

my arms, breathing in his little–boy scent. “How was

can fly really, really

some butterflies travel thousands

*Like your mother.*

amazing,” I

front door with hopeful eyes. “I made

throat closed up. “Not

is she coming

lied. “Why don’t you

with promises that everything would be okay. Lies, all of

was just me and

she slept. She was so small, so perfect. Dark hair like her mother’s, eyes that shifted between green and

thinks you deserve better, I whispered to Lily. “But she’s

wake. I kissed her forehead, breathing in that sweet

chair where Sera used to sit. Where she’d nursed our daughter, sung lullabies, made everything right just

had to know if she’d said anything to her friends. If

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complex took fifteen minutes. I climbed the stairs to

went dark as someone

took one

shifted from

are you doing here? Where’s

was like a knife

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