Chapter 61

Bane's POV
"Where is the maiden?" I thundered at Mikel, who had sweat all over his face, his body shivering as he kept opening and closing his mouth without saying a word.

It has been up to two hours since I sent for the lady who knew where Lillian and my child were. The lady who gave me hope and a reason to smile. I couldn't sleep well last night because I was thinking of meeting Lillian finally. Words can't explain how elated I was when I woke up to find out it was morning already.

The first thing I did was to order her to come over immediately. I had been happily waiting for her until I heard she was missing. I was never going to believe that, but after two hours without seeing her, my heart won't stop thumping at the nightmare becoming reality.

Just when I was thinking of meeting my heartbeat and child, all this rose from nowhere. I can't even tell if it was a boy or a girl.

"Mikel, go out there..and bring her in. She is the only person I want to see, no one else. Even if she doesn't want to see me out of fear or anything else, let her tell the location. No matter where it is, I'll go there!" My voice went from high to low. I'm confused. At this point, I regret not forcing her to say it last night.

I was stupid!

"I think she ran away to hide the truth from you. She must have promised Lillian never to tell you, and she wanted to keep her promise, so she ran away!" Mikel suggested and I threw a sharp look at him as his words struck me hard.

It was the truth, and I had never thought of that. The woman had taken the rail of leaving instead of spitting the truth at me.

But there is no way a Weredragon can ever leave this territory unless someone with greater power helps her! I huffed thoughtfully.

"I'm also confused at how she left. I'm sure she isn't anywhere around here; the guards have ransacked the whole place!" He sighed.

"Someone helped her to leave or she got the power to break the restraint." I hissed, feeling sad that she wasn't found for real. She wasn't found at the very moment when she should have told me what I had longed to hear. But why would she do this to me, knowing how much I love Lillian?

"We would keep searching. I don't know how she left. She must be very loyal to Lillian," he sighed.

"Go and look for her; she must be found; if she isn't found in the clan, I will personally scour the territory for her!" I huffed with a hiss.

He bowed and walked away, leaving me hissing on the bed until the door opened and I sat up to see Beta Jake.

"Have you seen that maiden who knows where my child is? She also knows where Lillian is. Have you caught a glimpse of her this morning?" I asked abruptly while he made a shrug sitting on the couch over there.

You made a huge mistake by allowing her to go back last night. You should have forced the answer from her as that was your last chance. She is gone and would never return here! He stated, leaving me shuddering.

"What do you mean?" I huffed, getting angry at how pessimistic he was.

"What I mean is, forget about her or Lillian because I don't think there is hope anymore. We have lost the last chance of finding the truth," he breathed.

"Jake!!!" I yelled his name, raising my eyebrow in exasperation.

"What?" He responded with an arched brow.

"Why do you sound so negative? How sure are you that we won't find her?" ...what sort of word are you using? " I scowled, and he chuckled.

"Well, I think I should tell you since you are unaware." He paused and shrugged.

"What the fuck are you saying?" I scoffed.

"Okay, I'm sorry for the way I sounded. It was because I felt so bad about what I saw yesterday. I wished there was a way to stop it, but the speed was too much," he muttered.

"What speed?" I asked.

"Lillian took her away after knowing you might force the secret out of her. Last night, I saw her take the woman away!" He said, leaving my jaw dropped as I stared with a popped eyeball. My gaze was on his face as I waited patiently for him to smile and tell me it was one of his random jokes.

I waited, but yet his face was still grim and stern. He looked damn serious.

"You said you saw Lillian take the woman away?" ...how? " I asked with a deep breath.

"I was taken aback. Before I could try to stop them, she was gone already... I think Lillian doesn't want to have anything to do with you for real. The last thing she would want is for you to find her or the child. That must be why she came here to take the woman away." He sighed, and I felt my heart shred in pain.

This was a fear I was never going to accept. Lillian doesn't hate me and wants to meet me. It can't be that she doesn't want me to meet her, but if Jake was saying the truth, then it means Lillian hates me!

But why?

"I guess you should not let Lillian trouble you. There is a lot on your table. You have the dragon clan to take care of. Let Lillian be!" He said, and I made a short laugh.

"You can leave; I want to be alone!" I ordered, and he left immediately.

As much as I wanted to doubt his words, it was the only hypothesis to explain why Mariam the maiden was missing this morning.

I gave her the power to come and leave here without anyone finding out. I gave her part of the power I gave to her when we were in love and never knew she would use it against me.

Why does she hate me?

What was my crime? ...after so many years, she was not going to return to me!

My eyes welled up with tears, and the thought of never finding Lillian broke my heart. Just when I thought there was hope, everything went wrong!

I hissed and shut my eyes, allowing the memories I shared with Lilian to take over my mind.