CHAPTER 55

VANESSA'S POV
Olivia was somewhere around Black Shrout the witch had said. I didn't ask for specifics because I didn't want to get into any more trouble or debt with the witch before seeing Olivia.
Everyone in the supernatural realm knew the witches were unreliable and untrustworthy, if you got into debt with them, you would have to pay it back with your life or the lives of those you cared about.
The thing about finding Olivia wasn't hard. I could sniff her out no matter where she was.
A smile spread on my cheeks as I remembered her breathtaking smile.
If I kept thinking about her, I would never find her. I snapped out of my thoughts and looked around the area I was in.
Bright, windy.
If I was Olivia, where would I go?
Away from the open field were woods and the weather there seemed hotter than that of where I was standing. Did that mean that when it got dark here, it would be darker in the woods?
That was pretty much it.
Julian would not know this about Olivia but she would prefer the nighttime to the daytime. This was because she was used to the darkness. Even though she showed me only her bright side, my mom once told me that a person who showed only their bright side had seen more darkness than they let on.
I knew Olivia had been through a lot.
I could see it in her eyes. I could see through her facade and behind it hid a lot of sadness, worry, and anxiety. All of those things she would never me because she wanted to live up to being the right mate and Luna for Julian.
Julian was selfish. He only wanted to see all the good sides of Olivia, he also wanted her to see all his great abilities. It was silly of him to think Olivia would appreciate all those sides of him. Instead, it pressured her to act like the perfect mate for him.
Because of his bullshit behavior, he pushed Olivia to be something she wasn't. He made her grow up too quickly.
Olivia shouldn't act too grown-up, instead, she should be treated like a princess. She looked like she had a rough life and already took care of other people but who were those people taking care of her? No one.
Julian only gave her a bit of his affection and expected everything from her. Did he even know what love was?
If not for the mate bond she had with Julian, she deserved someone better and Julian wasn't worth being her lover.
Olivia had thought it was lowly of me to wait for her until she came back from her date with Julian, however, she did not understand that was a show of love.
I bet no one ever waited for her to come home.
I always waited for my mom to come back too but she would scold me for not doing other things.
It was weird how the two people I cared for did not understand the intention behind my waiting for them. They saw it as useless and a waste of them.
However, something about Olivia was different... She felt guilty for letting me wait all time. She did not want me to be her maid and devote all of my time to her. What she did not understand was that I'd devote the rest of my entire life to her.
A grin flashed across my face as I realized how long I was thinking about Olivia without taking action. At this rate, I wouldn't find her first.
I stripped off my clothes and placed them on the ground before shifting into my wolf. Another thing no one knew about me was that I didn't need to wait until it was a full moon to shift.
However, I wasn't as fast when I shifted during the day. I carried my clothes with my mouth and dashed into the wolves.
I knew of the danger I would face up ahead. But if it was to find Olivia, I didn't care about death. As long as I found Olivia.
My paws hit mother Earth and brushed against all sorts of earth dusks. Tree branches, insects...
I jumped over a tree that was on the floor and when I landed on the other side, I came across a rouge but he was in his human form. He was laying on the ground and as I neared him, I smelt blood.
His neck had been snapped open and his facial expression was solemn. He died with his eyes wide open in horror.
This was a warning for me not to go further but how could I not? This made me even worried for Olivia.
Did she know of the monster in the woods?
Was she even in the woods? All these unanswered questions I had to find answers to else I wouldn't feel comfortable.
I looked at the horrid open flesh on the man's neck to get a clue of what had snapped his neck open. Could it be a vampire? A wolf and a boar could also be responsible for this.
I did not let the fear sink in. I was going to find Olivia at all costs.
I jumped over the dead body and proceeded to run into the woods. The smell of strong metal and liquid hit my nose and I visibly force away from the urge to puke. I was in my wolf form which made me even more sensitive to the smell. It was getting dark so my senses were becoming heightened.
I couldn't take the smell anymore.
I shifted into my human form.
I exhaled, the smell was bearable. I slipped on my clothes and looked at the trail of blood in front of me along with a pile of dead bodies and wolves.
No animals on my path were spared.
My heart thudded in my chest. Even if the entire werewolves would die, Olivia had to be spared.
My instincts killed in and I looked over the dead bodies to ensure Olivia was not among them.
Thanks to the moon goddess, I didn't see her dead body. If I did, I would lose it. This thought brought tears to my eyes.
I walked over the dead bodies and raced into the woods only to see more dead bodies. A frustrated growl escaped from the depths of my throat as I saw more dead bodies on the road.
Please...
The cloud darkened and I smelt what was to come next.
Rain.
Another growl escaped from my mouth and I shifted into my wolf.
With my clothes in my mouth, I ran into the woods with the rain beating on my fur.
I shook off excess water on my back and continued racing In the rain. The unfriendly thunder helped aggravate my rage and need to find Olivia.
I searched and searched the fountains and woods until the rain stopped but there was still no sign of her.
JULIAN'S POV
Who cared about death when my mate was missing.
Of course, the rumor that had been going around about my mate being a monster who killed anything on sight was simply pathetic.
Because of this reason, my people did not want me to find her.
Their excuse?
It was too dangerous.
I wanted to growl at them to come to their senses.
They'd seen Olivia and her kindness, how they think lowly of her because of a rumor. However, I didn't because the rumor came with proof.
A rouge who witnessed the scene sketched the monster and I was greeted with a rough drawing of my mate. It looked exactly like her and there was no proof that it wasn't her who did the killings.
Because of this, my people said they were leaving and they did. They fucking thought they could discourage me from finding her?!
They were wrong.
I would turn the world over just to find her. Monster or not, she was mine.
Prey or not, she was mine.
No one had the right to touch her. Only me.
Them fucking cowards loved to judge recklessly, didn't they?
They didn't think of the possible reasons why Olivia would resort to killing. Did they forget my brother, Leo?
He had gone on a killing spree simply because he was bored. Olivia was different, she had to have a reason.
There were multiple sketches of my mate going around.
Both her in her human form and wolf form.
Most times, she was caught naked and it made me feel uncomfortable.
However, when I thought of Olivia in her wolf form, it confused me.
I had no access to her wolf even though I felt her when we mated.
How could she be in her wolf form?
It was either she lost control of her wolf or...
The thought of her being on a killing spree made me angry?
Was she killing people because she had no control over her wolf?
Even twelve-year-olds knew how to do that. I would have to ask her when I found her.
Yes, that is what I would do.
I did not enter territories, I simply stayed at the border where rogues roamed. Anything to get information.
What was fear to me when my mate was probably scared right now?
What was death when my mate was probably Cold and lonely right now?
All those temporary emotions meant nothing compared to the feeling of contentment I would feel when I saw my mate again.
Thinking of Olivia being in pain or hurt in any way inflicted physical pain on me.
Oh moon goddess, please be on my side. Pray for Olivia for me. Protect her for me. Please...
I was desperate and my wolf was on the edge. What could I do to get to her faster?
I had no idea how she was and she was not responding to my calls.
Was she even faithful towards me? If she was, she had to come back to me.
A tear rolled down my left cheek and I wiped it. I didn't even realize I was crying.
"Our mate won't respond to my calls," My wolf howled in my head and I felt his pain deep.
"She won't respond!"
I was trying to rationalize my thinking but my wolf was right, she was not responding to me at all and it made me weak in the knees.
What was going on for goodness sake?!
Olivia!
Tears rolled down my cheeks.
"I need you." I found myself saying.
Could she not feel how miserable I was and come to me?!
How can my baby be so heartless? She won't respond to my calls no matter how much I pleaded.
I exhaled.
Another reason why I had to find her since contacting her wolf didn't work.
When I paid attention to my environment, I noticed that it was dark. I knew what was coming, I could smell it. Rain.
I entered the woods and caught whiffs of various scents going to safety.
Of course...
I closed my eyes and just stood there, waiting for the rain to pour on me. Maybe getting beat by the rain would give me a sense of clarity.
My father used to say that but I never believed him.
I always countered him with, "What if you get struck by thunder?"
I let out a laugh.
How ironic that I was going to do what he said now.
If my father was with the moon goddess watching me, he'd probably be laughing at me. He'd call me, 'Punk'
I laughed loudly and the tears came pouring down.
"What are you doing?!" I heard a voice say.
I opened my eyes and in front of me was an elderly-looking man. He looked and smelt like a rouge who had a tough life.
"You're young yet you're standing here waiting for the rain! What if you get struck by the thunder first and die?"
I gave the man a look.
Why was he scolding me?
"Did you not hear that there's a mindless monster going about killing every breathing thing?"
I could not come up with any words.
"Better find a hiding place if you don't want to die." With that, the man raced off.
I sighed and raced after the werewolf to get more information on what he had just said.