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."

still gripping Lenny's collar, to see Gamma Dairus approaching us. His face was carefully composed, but there was an urgency in his stride that instantly put me on

his head. "I

Lenny and nodded curtly. "Go

Lenny and then back to me. The message was

I repeated, irritation creeping into my

information is for you alone, Alpha," Dairus emphasized, his eyes still

secrets between us." He turned to Dairus with narrowed eyes. "I've noticed you're fond of excluding me from information like this. I won't tolerate it

He simply continued to stare at him

speak until Lenny was gone. The last time something like this

had become... selective about which orders he followed to the latter. His loyalty to the pack remained unquestionable, but his

said quietly, "give us a

disbelief etched across his face. "You can't be

my patience was wearing thin. "I'll fill

moment, he simply shook his head and walked away,

between us, reaching into his pocket to pull out his phone. "There's someone on the line who

lurched against my ribs.

simply handed me the

device to my ear. "This

moment I placed it to

"Good evening, Alpha Ramsey."

on the back of my

the 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

froze

curled with

mouth, but nothing

let out a

the way," she continued lightly. "My name

and outside her pack. Aside from the obvious jealousy against Lyla which she wore like a Neon, Clarissa seemed reliable. We've never had the time to converse

tightly I heard the plastic crack. "If you

"Or at least, she was when Nathan brought her in. I haven't actually seen her myself but I heard she was covered in dirt from head to toe

you mean, 'brought her in'? Was

just thought you might want to know where your precious Luna has ended up.

in my chest, rumbling

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