Finding myself

Chapter 86

Half the mansion had awoken from my shouts and screams.

I first checked Jason's room. I knew he wasn't in here. I would feel his presence if he was.

But that didn't stop me from breaking down his door and entering his room, shocking Jason from his gaming.

"Zar-zar? Stacy had always warned me she would break down my door because I can't hear her with my headphones on, didn't think that you would keep that promise though." He said but he shut up when he looked at my face.

"What's wrong?" His face struck with worry reflected from mine.

I needed the reassurance. I hoped against hopes that I was wrong and he was here. That he had just forgotten to tell me he was gonna hang out with Jason.

But that kid was meticulous and due to his past trauma, he hated getting out of his room unnecessarily.

Damn, he had many enemies from the ancient packs who were still here. Where would I even start?

"Luna, calm down," Blaze said holding shoulders from behind. I pushed him away. I didn't have the patience for his nonsense right now.

Breathing was becoming difficult. Calm down, Zara. In and out. In and out. In and out.

Think, Think, THINK, where could he be?

Jason messaged the rest of the gang to start searching at the ancient packs but I had a feeling he wasn't there.

Zarine where are you? I reached out to him. We hadn't established a proper mind link yet. But I hoped against hopes that he would connect. My first prayer to the moon goddess in a long time. 'Please keep him safe. I would do anything if he is alive. Please, please, please let him be safe."

And then suddenly, it clicked. I didn't know how long it took or how long I stayed still like that. Even Zian was concerned. I didn't even realize when Blaze had started to hug me and rub my back and when Jason had asked the gang to quickly comb through all the rooms, but when I woke up from the panic, from being abandoned again. I could hear him in my mind. Slightly whimpering.

Zarine? I called out again hopefully.

He whimpered again, quietly, almost unnoticeably. So faint. I wouldn't have heard him if I wasn't so still. I shot up toppling Blaze in the process. By this time the gang had swept through half the rooms on this floor. But they wouldn't find him. He wasn't here.

I took off for the floors below. Blaze and Jason followed me probably figuring out I have a lead. The gang followed us as well seeing all the commotion. I raced down to the floor omegas usually lived in. It was difficult to sniff him out especially when there were so many intermingling and so many rooms side by side. So I was led half by the almost nonexistent bond to him and half by my instinct, the gang quietly following me. We left a commotion in our wake. People stared at me and even my parents had joined us.

When I reached the room I suspected he was in, my heart rate sped up and I knew for sure. I kicked down the door without hesitating and in there I saw Anastasia standing over a tied and gagged Zarine, his arms bleeding red beads from quick shallow slashes. That's how she initiated me into the pain. My chest throbbed and hummed from seeing his tear-stricken face.

She just couldn't keep the sadism in could she? How did she become so evil? To torture a child! Granted I was younger when she targeted me but Zarine was still a baby, a sweetheart, a cutie pie. How could she be so evil to hurt an innocent child? Something I could never do despite all the years of training.

How could she?

How dare she!

She turned back to smirk at me, all these thoughts ran through my head at a second's notice and before I could stop myself I slammed her into the nearest wall, her skull cracking painfully against it because of the brute force and the drywall crumbling around it. My alpha power seeped out and made everyone around me very uncomfortable, making it hard to approach me. All except Blaze.