Filed To Story: The Guardian Wolf and her Alpha Mate
“What do the notes say?” Alex asks, directing our anger elsewhere. When I look back at Axton, I see him now tracing where Mila wrote his name with sadness filling his features.
With a grunt, I hold the note open and read it out aloud.
“Jax. I know you’ll be angry with my decision, hurt that I defied your orders and upset that I have most likely put myself at risk once more. But I want to assure you that, whatever happens, I wont be blind any more. My eyes have been open to who Bruno truly is for a while now, and I wont have the matebond there to sway my emotions any longer. I am an Alphas daughter and I will behave as such. I had to do this to protect those that are innocent, what is one persons suffering to save that of many..? I love and appreciate everything you have done for me, and I’m sorry I’m putting you through this once again. But I need you to be the brilliant Alpha I know you to be, be there for my mate and for Ma and everyone else I could possibly name. Be safe, be strong and most importantly…Always remember that life moves on, when times get tough….look up to the stars. Love, Mila xx”
“That sounds like a goodbye” Nova whispers as her eyes fill with tears. Moving closer to me, she wraps her arms around my waist as i stay quiet and focus on keepin Zeus at bay by holding on to Nova tightly and breathing in his scent.
“And yours Axton?” Alex asks, his voice gentle as our attention turns to Milas mate. Taking a shakey breath he looks at me before reading it.
“She’s really gone?” he asks brokenly as I nod slowly in response. With that his eyes drop, his hope dimishing as he pinches the bridge of his nose and takes a moment to control himself.
“Axton..?” Alex prompts quietly. Clearing his throat, he looks at the note and begins reading.
“Ax..my mate..I wish I’d gotten to spend more time with you and our pack, but the small amount of time we have had together has meant so much to me. It brought me hope, it reminded me that love can exist for me and that I am deserving of it, just as you are deserving of it. This was my decision, as the Luna of the White Mountain Pack, I did what I had to do to ensure the innocent in this would be safe. I’m sorry that my past has caught up with us, that’s it’s stopped us before we can properly begin our journey together, but I hope one day we can both be free of it. Until then, just know you will be in my thoughts and dreams each day and night. Chin up, kick some ass and do me proud. I’m looking forward to the day I can say this in person, I love you, Mila xx”
“Damn” Axton sobs before crouching down with his head in his hands as his body shakes with silent cries.
Feeling Nova hesitate to let go of me, I gently remove her hands from my waist and nudge her towards Axton. “Go, he needs someone who knows him better right now” I link her while nodding firmly towards Axton. Rushing to his side, she wraps an arm round his shoulders and speaks to him quietly.
“Was there anything in those notes that would help us?” Alex asks us as we both turn away to give Axton some privacy. “When times get tough..look up to the stars? What did she mean by that?”
“I used to take her star gazing when she was a kid, it was a distraction from the pressure my dad put me under and it made her relax when she had to put up with petty girls in our pack” I explain with a sigh. “It’s our thing” I shrug.
“Do you think she will contact us if she could?” He asks me.
“Definitely” I answer immediately. “This isn’t ideal..at all. But I don’t doubt Mila for a second, until we find her, she will hold her own.”
“No doubt about that” Alex mutters. “The matebond is what weakened her before, she’s right with that. This time she won’t have rose tinted glasses on.”
“There was nothing here” he tells me after a few moments of quiet thinking. “No clues, the scents that were left were all altered so I can only distinguish Bruno’s and Milas. He wasn’t hiding which just shows he doesn’t care that we know he took her, he knows we will be after him now. We need to discuss with Elder Martin as soon as we are back, what we should do moving forward.”
“Do you know what he wanted Mila for?” I ask him.
Sensing Axton stand behind me, we turn to look at him as he grinds his teeth together. Lifting his eyes to meet ours he growls, “to get to me.”
Nova POV:
As we all climb into the vehicle to head back, the mood is somber as we all process what has happened to Mila. “She’s brave, she will handle this like a true Luna” Ki murmurs to me quietly as I look across at Jax. Seeing his eyes, full of sadness and concern for his sister, I feel my heart clench for my mate.
“Axton and Rex have suffered so much already, they will need our support” Ki then says to me. My eyes move from Jax to Axton, his body staying slumped in the passenger seat. His eyes that are looking out the window, are unfocused and bloodshot.
Catching Alex’s eye in the mirror, I purse my lips as he does the same. Both of us aware that the other men are suffering, but for once, we are unsure of what to say to better the situation.
“I understand why she did it” Alex links me suddenly. “Does that make me a bad person, for not being surprised?”
“I hope not, because as soon as I realised Bruno had left and Mila had also, I was fairly certain that was the case as well. It’s probably something I would have done as silly as it may have been” I reply. Shifting my eyes between Jax and Axton, I continue, “they both need this time to process it, to be upset whilst they can. Because before we step out of the vehicle, I’m going to make sure they shake it off and focus on how to find Mila.”
“They have to, they can’t allow this to consume them. “Im not too worried about Jax..considering. He knows that to rectify the situation, he needs to act, he won’t let his sister suffer longer than she has to. But Axton, as her mate, will feel this deeply. We need to make sure he controls his anger and upset, he needs to channel it into finding her” Alex tells me.
“I can help him” I assure him. “But I’m only going to if he allows me, I don’t want to play with his emotions behind his back.”
“He’ll let you” Alex replies.
“How are you so sure?” I ask.
“Because you have always helped him” he tells me.
“What are you not telling us?” I link him after a few more minutes of silence. Seeing his eyes flash to look at me in surprise, I shrug slightly. “I can tell.”
“Wait till we are with Elder Martin” he replies, “trust you to notice. But we have a lot to discuss anyway, this just adds to it.”
“We still have the matter of Cedric and Charles’s bunkers to figure out, as well as the witches that fled. Did they all disperse or just regroup? There’s also my mum, Sophie still needs to shift and then Luca and Sophie have the Rogue Pack, never mind your replacement procedure taking place over the next few months” I ramble to him through the link.
“Like I said..a lot to discuss” he repeats quietly as his brows furrow while he thinks.
Looking at Jax, I see him also deep in thought, watching the passing trees in the darkness as we grow nearer to the White Mountain Pack. Sliding over, I lift his arm and wrap it round my shoulders, tucking myself under so I can rest my head on his chest. Feeling him lightly kiss my hair, I turn my gaze upwards and meet his green eyes. “You alright?” I ask him out loud.
Seeing his eyes soften as he gazes down at me he offers me a small smile acknowledging my care for him, “not really. I’m worried for Mila.”
“We all are” I tell him, squeezing his hand. “But we have to work together to find her.”
“I know” he murmurs, kissing my forehead. “Axton..how are you doing?” He asks.
“s**t” he snaps.
“Talk it out” I murmur.
“f*****g talk it out?” He then snaps at me, his eyes flashing to meet mine as his anger rolls out. “What good does talking it out do?”
“Axton..” Jax starts before I shoot him a warning glance and shake my head.
“Let me, he can be quick to anger at times” I link him. His eyes narrow slightly as I hold his gaze, before he relents and leans back with a sigh.
“Well we know you feel s**t because Mila isn’t here, but what else?” I ask him, knowing that if I keep going he’ll either blow and get it out his system, or relent and give in knowing the anger he’s directing to us is unjustified.
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