Bridge Of Legacy

Chapter - 6

"She is safe Jake. A mother's instinct knows." Minerva interrupted Jake.

The way she spoke, told me that she might have got hold of something important but was not letting it out.

"I would like you all to stop worrying about Crystal. She wanted you all to be happy and safe." With that said she left the room.

"How can she be so ridiculous." Gemma huffed leaving the room in annoyance. Jake and Cameron followed her.

"I will take my leave too." Aiden said before bowing and leaving the room, closing the door after him, leaving me to my thoughts.

I pulled at my hair feeling frustrated and broken, I longed for my mate; I wanted to hold her, protect her, heck even kiss her. I remember how I had sneaked into her room and watched her sleep. She looked so peaceful and perfect. I shouldn't have pushed her away that day, I should have shown her how I truly felt, but her statement of finding someone else has enraged my wolf and me. The idea of our mate with someone else didn't fit right and yet here I was missing her like crazy without even knowing where she is. My mind drifted to that day :

Flashback starts

The whole day after Crystal left my office I had this feeling of something crawling and gnawing at my heart, trying to tell me something but I couldn't exactly pin-point at it. I fidgeted around in my bed trying hard to fall asleep but I couldn't. It has become a habit of mine to visit my mate every night, to inhale her scent. Then only sleep would consume me. But I didn't go today, her words from earlier were still hurting and angering me. Pushing back the thoughts I tried to sleep again.

Getting up with a huff, I checked my clock; it read 3:55 a.m. The patrol group would be changing shifts now, I might as well go and check on them if I can't sleep. Maybe I could take a peek at my foolish mate too. A smile crept to my face, as I remembered her innocent face.

Changing into a grey track and a black t-shirt, I made my way towards the southern border, which was closer to Crystal's house. I was talking with the guy that was on patrol when I felt a tug in my heart. As if someone was leaving me, but who?

"Crystal." My wolf said, making my eyes widen in shock.

I sprinted at full speed towards her house to find it eerie in silence, climbing through the window I entered the room and headed towards the bed. She was lying there fully covering her body and face with the blankets - that was weird, she never covered her face. I slowly pulled away the covers to find pillows stacked with no sight of Crystal.

My feet wavered in shock, where is she? Did someone kidnap her? But then again the patrol would have sensed someone entering. I mind-linked the border patrol asking if anything unusual happened. No one reported anything suspicious.

I climbed out and sniffed the air to track her scent. I caught a whiff of her smell towards the eastern borders, and sprinted towards it. What was she doing in that area? That's the most secluded part. My wolf was clawing at me to give him control, and I obliged to him giving him full control.

We followed the scent, it was becoming harder as the smell seemed to fade away little by little. And the pain in my chest was also increasing making it hard for me to breathe. Mid way to the destination a bone piercing pain invaded my senses making it hard for me to stand and I collapsed on the forest floor. My body was burning and the feeling of losing a part of my soul was engulfing me as I lay there fighting to remain conscious. The last thing that my wolf whispered before I slipped into unconsciousness was

"She is gone."

Flashback ends

My wolf had stopped talking to me, he only comes forward when I need him to fulfill my Alpha duties. He had rebuked me of my idiocracy. And blamed me for our mate leaving us, to which I took full responsibility.