Clues

3rd person POV

Sorin walked back to his room, blushing deeply at the teasing of his Alpha, he didn't realize it up until now that he and his mate finally did it. the only thing left was marking Craig and they will be mates for life.

"What got you smiling like that? let me guess it's your dear Alpha Lorenzo," said a sarcastic voice followed by a very annoyed face of a beautiful angle, Sorin chuckled at his mate's jealously, Craig frowned laying on the bed looking sinfully good, he snapped his fingers and the door behind Sorin shut with a thud, Sorin shook his head at his moody mate he jumped on the bed pulling his warm body closer to him and snuggled

"Stop being jealous over my friends, " Sori pinched his side pulling his hair with others, Sorin kissed his sneering lips melting in the sensation of its smoothness.

they got out the bed later and showered together, knowing well their little bubble of affection won't last long since he is a refugee in Sorin's room, he is still the most dangerous person in this kingdom.

Sorin held his arm walking him to his cell feeling gloomy and sad, Craig, on the other hand, had his usual bitch face on, he never gave a shit about what people thought, maybe it came with the experience because if someone hated him, he might end up just killing them.

Sorin shakes his head trying to get rid of those thoughts. he nods at the guard in front of his cell and sees him glaring at Craig, Craig being himself smirked at him mockingly. Sorin doesn't know what happened here but it's never good when Craig looks like that.

"Behave," Sorin warns him chaining him to the wall, he gives Sorin an innocent pout.

"Don't I always?" he asks his eyes glistening was mirth, Sorin chuckled bending down to kiss his head and play with his hair. Craig closed his eyes relishing his mate's touch. he never understood this feeling he kept having for the beta the moment they met, he even felt sorry while torturing him, which had never happened before, he started seeming interested because every time Craig made a mistake or killed someone by chance he didn't punish Craig like how Claudius used too, they still treated him right even after all the hurricane he created in the castle. these people were weird he thought.

As Sorin was walking to the training room a thought flashed in his head that got him twirling his feet and running the other way, he ran to Lorenzo's office and barged in. Lorenzo looked startled as he was too deep in his thoughts to sense Sorin nearby.

"Jesus, dude where's the fire?" Lorenzo asked putting something back in the drawer of his table, Sorin, tried to calm his breaths before he spoke.

"Craig can use his powers now," he said, Lorenzo's eyes widened frightfully he picked up his phone and was about to call someone when Sorin stopped him. "wait, we can use this, he could help us to look for Alejandro, he is the one who tried linking Alejandro and Claudius together he might know more than we do," he explained but the look on Lorenzo's face held doubtfulness. he never trusted that vicious witch, he was Claudius's apprentice, he helped kill many innocent people, and he killed many people in his imprisonment here as well.

he sighed before leaning on his chair, he looked at Sorin and see how serious and eager he was to help but at the end of the day, Craig was his mate and he would do anything to save him. Lorenzo sighed again "how can we trust him, Sorin, he killed more than fifty people within a year, our people hate him, he hates us, why would he help?" Lorenzo asked massaging his forehead

"because if he did anything funny I will reject him, " he replied with a deadly cold voice, Lorenzo snapped his head towards the beta that wanted to sacrifice his destiny for his loyalty.

"we will talk to him later, you make sure he understands the seriousness of this matter, and don't let your guard down, he is more powerful than we give him credit. " Sorin nods Lorenzo and walked out of his room. Lorenzo sighed the moment Sorin walked out of his room, he pulled out Alejandro's photograph he had secretly taken for the accident, he cherished the side of his face smiling lovingly

"I will find you, Alejandro, no matter what". he kissed the photo and held it closer to his chest.

Sorin talked to his mate and Craig was wary of the situation, every time he regained his magic they did everything in their power to get rid of it, but this time they asked for help? knowing well that he can betray them to escape this hell hole.

" Please help us, if you do this I can plead for your sentence to be waved off, then I can finally take you out of here and we can build a home," Sorin bribed Craig with a dream he had been dreaming for a very long time.

Craig agreed with the conditions of his own, he wanted out of this place, with no guards or chains, Sorin promised he would try his hardest. that was enough for him to guarantee his safety.

Lorenzo, Josh, head hunter, head guard, Sorin, and Craig all wound up in a meeting room, as per his wishes Craig was not chained to the chair, he looked at josh smirking evil.

"Hi, Josh, how is the neck? still hurts I hope" he asked innocently, Josh rolled his eyes at him ignoring him completely, Craig chuckled he smiled at Sorin when he warned him one last time.

"what do you want me to do?" he asked sitting up straight on the chair, everyone looked at Lorenzo waiting for him to speak.

"We need you to find the remains of Prince Alejandro, " he said his voice cold but there was a crack in his head when he spoke those words, it hurt him to accept the fact that Alejandro was gone.

Craig watched Lorenzo carefully trying to analyze him, he sighed knowing he had to do this to get out of this place. he nodded before standing up from his chair and looking at the map on the table.

"I need something that belonged to him, and please don't say, yourself because that is just gross," he cringed visibly Sorin rolled his eyes at his mate.

Lorenzo nodded before pulling something out of his pocket, he looked at it before holding it out for Craig to take, Craig raised his brow at him challenging him.

"A rock?" he asked amused 'what kind of nonsense is this,'

"yes, this holds a special meaning in our life, he gave this to me before he was shipped off when he was seven years old," he explained looking at the thing in his hands warmly. (remember the chapter where Alejandro had clawed Lorenzo's chest and he wrote a letter placing a rock as an apology gift )

Craig tilted his head wondering what was going on, but it was none of his business so he grabbed the rock and started chanting, he grabbed a handful of sawdust and sprinkled it on the map, he held the rock and rubbed it all while chanting some ancient words in a very old accent.

the room was silent, everyone was sitting on the edge of their seats anxiously waiting for a miracle.

this wasn't the first they asked the help from a witch but only this time the witch was more powerful and the chances of finding something were high.

the sawdust accumulated in a certain spot and Craig stopped changing, he put the rock aside and leaned on the map, "found it,"