Loose ends

Lorenzo POV

"Found it," said Craig smiling widely, proud of himself, all the other people in the room sighed in relief

I, on the other hand, stood there frozen in my place, my breath stuck in my lungs as the reality of the things struck me.

Josh, saw me first, outstruck, and walked up to me grabbing me in a tight hug, "Breathe Enzo, breathe " then he held my hands in his and made me breathe with him. I copy him, breathing together with him, "that's it, breathe in, breathe out, you are doing great," he encouraged me. smiling brightly. I try to smile back to be polite but I tremble with every breath.

I calm down after a few deeper breaths and look around the room to see everyone watching me, I nod at them ensuring them that I was somewhat ok.

"So, as I was saying," Craig said rolling his eyes at everyone in the room, he is seriously something else. "Alejandro's energy is stronger in this place implying that his remains are somehow over there, all you have to do is to talk to the alpha there and send in a search party and it will be done," he said leaning on his chair smirking cheerfully.

I nod at him, "take him back to the cells," I order the guards standing outside, they come in and walk towards Craig, he panics and looks at his mate for help.

"wait wait, I can be of great assistance, I can help you with scouting, it will be easier with a witch, don't you think?" he looks back at me when Sorin didn't heed his pleading.

"I will think about it," I said waving my hand off to the guard who grabs him and places energy-absorbing handcuffs on him, Craig sighs when he felt the draught in his powers, he was taken away and we continue our meeting.

I look over at Sorin and watch him clenching his fists, I smile sadly "I know he is your mate but he is still a murderer who killed fifty-seven of our pack members just for fun, we might forgive him for your sake but it would be unfair for the victims and their families," I pat on his back and he nods in understanding.

"Alpha," the head hunter called me, I nod at him to speak "what I don't understand is, how did prince Alejandro's remains get there? it's a thousand miles away from the place of the accident" he questions I nod at him because I was thinking about the same thing.

"Gather every information you can about this place, I need to know, what do they do? how they live, their strengths, weakness, everything, got it" I order and they nod in understanding and disperse.

I walk to his room and lock myself in submerging myself in his duvet, I breathe in his fading scent, and I clench the duvet closer to myself as a tear escapes my eyes at the realization that I won't have anything to hold on to once this loses his scent. my wolf howled in grief missing his mate.

"Me too, I miss him too," I mumble before dosing off.

"Are you sure you want to go with us?" Joshua asked me his face twisted up worried for my well-being, I pat his shoulder before getting into the car, and he sighed before getting into the car as well.

"Does he need to come too, though?" he asked gesturing to the witch who smiled obnoxiously, "he could kill us and runoff before we realize," he complained

"Good to know you fear me, Joshie boy, I like to see the soul leave the body with fear in their eyes, gives me satisfaction," he said this with such a sweet smile on his face, Josh paled looking at me for help, I shake my head at their bickering. Sorin glares at his mate disappointed, Craig moves his hand on his mouth zipping his lips, figuratively.

"He will be helpful when we need bait, don't bother with him, just drive, we need to be there before noon," I said before looking out the window, we drove in silence, I watch the trees go by as we keep driving towards the airport, being the substitute king has its perks, we get to travel by the private jet.

I keep twirling the rock in my hand for comfort, honestly, I was scared to find out what we might find there and if we find his remain? am I ready for it? I keep questioning myself the whole ride to the most isolated pack in north Australia, I'm not a believer but this time I prayed to who was listening, 'please give me strength to overcome this '

We landed at the nearest airport of the pack, it was called the Helo, this pack is supposed to be a Heaven for the misplaced and needy. if it weren't for Craig, I would have never known about this place.

we drove the rest of the way, the packhouse was in the middle of nowhere, and it gave off a more spooky feeling rather than safety. I shrugged my shoulder before driving into the pack grounds.

the Alpha of the pack welcomes us by greeting us at the entrance to the packhouse, he was a middle-aged man with premature grey hair. I shake his hand nodding respectfully.

"Welcome my king, I'm sorry I couldn't pick you up at the airport," he bows regretfully, I panic and hold him mid-stance

"I'm not the King, I'm just a substitute," I smile politely, he looks confused at Josh and Sorin but smiles nonetheless.

"Please come in you must be tired," he gestures towards his packhouse, we nod and carry our bags to his moderate-sized house "this is my mate Cynthia, and my son Theo," his mate bowed at us, his son nods at us, his posture was straight like he was low key displaying his dominance as a young teen Alpha.

We were shown to our rooms, luckily there were enough rooms for all of us, I threw my bag on the bed and walked towards the window, watching the scenery. it was peaceful and beautiful.

We met the Alpha in his office after having the needed lunch, "what is it that you needed again? I keep forgetting, old age is getting to me," he laughs humorously.

I sit in front of him " I'm looking for my mate's remains, our source pointed out that it might be here somewhere, we just want to take a look, I promise we won't bother anyone here," I try to convince him as much as I could.

"Your mate?" he asked surprised with the revelation, I nod at him, his face turned glum when he glanced at the photograph of his family on his table then nodded at me, approving my request.

I shake my hand with him and we move out with a small search party along with my pack's head hunter who arrived later in the day, with five more hunters of the Helo pack.

"if you don't mind me asking, how did you lose your mate?" the alpha asked while we were scouting the area at the edge of a famous river in this pack.

I try to frame a sentence and with enough courage, I said "He gave his life to save a lot of people, he jumped off a cliff with Claudius," he stopped walking and looked at me weird "is something wrong?" I asked him while he kept staring at me.

"Your mate was a guy?" his voice turned cold when he uttered those words, he said it like it was something disgusting.

I stood straight looking at him dead in the eyes, waiting for him to say something wrong "Yeah, problem?" my voice turned deeper with my wolf backing me up.

he took a step back as my dominance roared at him to surrender "nothing, sir, absolutely nothing," he bowed before running off.

"keep an eye on him, he might be an inconvenience," I order josh, he nods, and we continue our hunt by changing into our wolves.

we track any scent or a vibe that is similar to that of Alejandro's, the royal family has a unique vibe that helps us find kings' bodies first after a war. their bones give off a very strong vibe that casts a dark shadow over the ground they were buried in.

this kind of shadow can only be seen by werewolves that belonged to the king's pack, the bond between them is very special it comes with a lot of perks

we continue searching until I stand in front of a space where there were many trees, but there was something wrong with it. I turn back to my human self and put on the shorts and a singlet tied on my hind leg. I place my palm on the surface, my hand collides with something thin and bubbly, I keep moving my hand over it then suddenly I feel a bolt of shock, which was strong enough to send me flying off.

I grunt in pain, other members of the search party find me groaning in pain, Sorin was the first person to find me, "Lorenzo, are you ok? what happened?" he asked pulling me to my feet.

I grunt painfully "Sorin, get your Mate,"