265: The uprising...

Ramsey

Pure rage simmered like boiling water as I stormed through the courtyard.

My boots kicked up gravel with each angry stride. My Lycan – Lax was clawing at my insides, and my ribs. He was moving around restless and agitated, growling to be let out, run, and hunt.

It had been nearly three days—seventy-two excruciating hours—since Lyla had disappeared, and my control was slipping by the second.

"Ramsey, please!" Lenny called from behind me. "Just stop and listen for a moment!"

I kept walking. If I stopped, if I faced him right now, I couldn't guarantee what would happen. My hands were already trembling, claws threatening to burst through my fingertips.

"Ramsey! Ramsey, wait!"

His footsteps pounded against the ground as he ran after me.

He finally caught up, darting in front of me and planting himself directly in my path. His face was flushed, eyes pleading.

"You need to calm down and listen to me. Please."

"Listen?" I snarled, feeling my canines elongate slightly. "You want me to listen? After you encouraged Lyla to leave the pack and go into the Northern Forest alone?" I closed in on him, forcing him to step back. "It's been nearly seventy-two hours, Lenny. No word, no scent, no sign of her anywhere. And you want me to listen?"

My Lycan, Lax, was practically howling inside me, begging for a run—or better yet, for blood. I could feel him pacing, a massive shadow cast across my consciousness, his rage mirroring my own.

"I did not encourage her," Lenny insisted, his voice rising with exasperation. "It was all her idea, Ramsey. She wanted to do something for you. She was convinced that if she got her power back, she could help you with the Ferals."

"And you let her go?" I ran a hand through my hair, tugging at the roots in frustration. "You knew she wasn't strong enough yet. You knew the dangers, and still—"

"Where is she?" I suddenly shouted, my voice echoing across the courtyard. Several pack members nearby flinched and hurried away. "Where the fuck is she, Lenny?"

I grabbed him by the collar, lifting him slightly. "By the gods, if Lyla doesn't come back to me in one piece... I swear I'm going to do something rash to you."

Lenny didn't struggle against my grip, didn't try to defend himself. The resignation in his eyes only fueled my anger. He'd known it was a mistake, and he'd let her go anyway.

"Alpha."

see Gamma Dairus approaching us. His face was

respectful distance away and bowed his head. "I need to

released Lenny and nodded curtly.

flicking to Lenny and

said go ahead," I repeated, irritation creeping into

you alone, Alpha," Dairus

"I'm one with Ramsey. There are no secrets between us." He turned to Dairus with narrowed eyes. "I've

He simply continued to stare at him with

something like this had happened, I'd refused to send Lenny away, and

the last Feral attack, Darius had become... selective about which orders he

quietly, "give us

disbelief etched across his face.

few minutes," I assured him, though my patience was wearing thin. "I'll fill

looked like he wanted to protest further, but after a tense moment, he simply shook his head

was out of earshot, Dairus closed the distance between us, reaching into his pocket to

heart lurched against my ribs. "What?

of answering, Dairus simply handed me the phone, his expression

I brought the device

I placed it to my ear, a

"Good evening, Alpha Ramsey."

of my neck stood

other end was smooth, almost amused. "What would you do if I told you your fiancée is here at Blue Ridge, and from everything that's pointing to, she might warm my husband's bed

blood froze in

curled

my mouth, but nothing

woman let out a soft

continued lightly. "My name

my brain immediately. I knew Clarissa at a passing glance. We've met on several occasions both in their pack and outside her pack. Aside from the obvious jealousy against Lyla which she wore like a Neon, Clarissa seemed reliable. We've

demanded, gripping the phone so tightly I heard the plastic crack. "If you or your husband have hurt

fine." Clarissa's tone was casual, almost boring. "Or at least, she was when Nathan brought her in. I haven't actually seen her myself but

raced. "What do you mean, 'brought

thought you might want to know where your

built in my chest, rumbling up

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