Chapter 294: Setback Giselle's

POV

As I continued my display, crying into my hands and letting my shoulders shake with every false sob, I felt a small flicker of satisfaction.

It was working - the sympathy of the pack was turning toward me. I could hear their murmured

reassurances, feel the gentle pats on my back and shoulders as they tried to comfort me.

"It's okay, Luna. We'll find him. The warriors are searching."

"He's a strong boy, Luna, just like his father. He'll be all right."

Their words were fuel, encouraging me to keep playing my part. My tears flowed even harder, my voice breaking as I whispered,

"He's just a child... what if the rogues... what if-" I let my voice trail off, turning my face away as if I couldn't bear to finish the thought.

Then, amidst the chaos of the crowd, I heard another voice rise above the anxious murmurs - a voice that cut through the noise like a knife.

It was Vanessa, her tone sharp with rising panic. "Wait - has anyone seen Hazel?"

alarm as people began to murmur again,

passed through the gathered pack members, their attention swinging

that had been centered on Ryker only moments ago now divided,

Hazel... she was just here a

worried, but she kept a thread of control in her voice, as if trying to

watched her through a haze of my own panic,

was genuine-I could see it in the way she wrung her hands together, the way her voice strained and broke as she called

real, unlike

then, like a crack in a dam, the realization hit me. My tears

be

face, the sobs cutting off mid-breath as I turned sharply, scanning the crowd with a sense of rising

mask slipped entirely, leaving only the raw panic that clawed at my

you mean, Hazel

intended, barely above a whisper,

something fragile within matter

searching for any sign of my daughter. "No, that can't be

Omega hurrying toward me,

pushed through the crowd, reaching my side with a quick,

my breathing to slow, keeping up my performance of grief, but my eyes sharpened as

barely a whisper as he spoke into my

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