Their Secret Obsession by Pippa Moon

Kane POV

I stood there, frozen, my eyes fixed on the empty space where the portal had closed just moments ago. My girl had been taken from me, ripped away by some demon with unknown powers.

"Charlotte!" I whispered, my mind spinning, trying to comprehend what had just happened. Tears streamed down my face unchecked, as I struggled to process the shock and agony coursing through me. Behind me, I could hear my father's voice, thick with concern and confusion as he screamed at Adam and Liam for answers. Answers they were not giving, not until I gave them the say-so. Something I had to respect.

"Kane, what happened? Where's Charlotte?" His questions washed over me like distant waves, barely registering in my mind. How could I explain something I didn't even understand myself?

"I don't know," I managed to choke out, my voice barely above a whisper.

and I knew without looking he was referring

entirely. My father's footsteps drew nearer, his presence a comforting weight on my

my father said again, his voice gentle but insistent. "You have to tell me what happened. We need to

I couldn't stop it." A partial lie, I knew the demon took her, but who he truly was, where he had taken her and

matter what it takes, we'll bring her back." But even as he spoke, doubt gnawed at the edges of my mind. What if we were already too late? What if Charlotte was gone forever, lost to some unseen enemy lurking in the shadows? The thought was almost too much to bear, a weight pressing down on

my eyes, willing the tears to stop, willing the pain to fade away. But no

My father whispered, squeezing my shoulder. "He is unpredictable." Meeting my father's pained eyes I shook my head slowly, he had never liked Knox's wolf, even before last night and we both knew why and it had nothing to do with his predictability and everything to do with the fact that if he so chose too he could take the pack and my father's title without breaking so much as a sweat. Something he had proven last night. But what my Father failed to see in his own messed up mind

is ok!" I declared. "Knox