But still-nothing.
No sightings.
No leads.
Just dead ends.
Levi had been the most restless. He hadn’t sat still once. His wolf was on edge, snapping at anyone who tried to calm him down. Louis, usually the composed one among us three, had started snapping too. Every second that passed without word on Olivia’s whereabouts was torture.
“She’s taking too long,” Levi growled, his voice low but filled with impatience.
“She said she needs full focus,” I reminded him, though my own patience was wearing thin. “Let her work.
Levi huffed and kept pacing.
I rubbed my face with both hands, my body heavy with exhaustion, stress, and fear. We hadn’t even washed up this morning-we’d come straight here after getting the report from the patrols.
Still in our boots.
Still in yesterday’s clothes.
Still haunted by that last image of Olivia’s empty room.
I couldn’t shake the thought of her being scared… or hurt.
“We have to find her,” Louis muttered from the window. “Before the full moon.”
I nodded slowly. “We will.”
But deep down, I feared we were already running out of time.
It was already 11 a.m.
My wolf stirred anxiously, sensing time slipping through our fingers.
By 7 p.m… she’d go into heat.
And if she wasn’t safe by then… Goddess help us-
Goddess help her.
My chest tightened painfully.
I swallowed hard and stepped away from the wall, my eyes fixed on the flickering candles in front of the seer, though I wasn’t really seeing them.
“She’s never been away from us before,” I said suddenly, my voice low, rough. “Not for a full day.”
Levi and Louis both went still.
“Even when we hated her…” I continued, the words scraping against my throat, “even when we treated her like dirt… I always saw her. Every day.”
My voice cracked a little.
“She’d walk past me, and I’d pretend not to care. But I still looked. I still made sure I saw her.”
Louis looked down at the floor, jaw clenched.
“I convinced myself I didn’t care,” I went on. “That she was just an unwanted mate forced on us by fate.
Nothing more…”
I laughed bitterly under my breath, shaking my head. “But now she’s gone. And I’ve never felt this hollow in my life.”
No one spoke.
There was nothing to say.
I clenched my fists. “And now-for the first time-she’s truly gone. Out there. Alone. Possibly scared. And we don’t know where the hell she is.”
Levi’s pacing slowed, his breathing heavy.
Louis stepped closer and finally spoke, his voice filled with worry. “I want her back.”
“Me too,” Levi murmured.
I sucked a deep breath. “Me too.”
The seer suddenly gasped and sat up straighter, like something had taken over her.
We all froze.
6/14
Her hands shook in her lap, and for a moment, she didn’t say anything. Then her glowing eyes focused on us again.
“She’s alive,” the seer whispered.
My heart stopped. Levi stepped forward. Louis looked like he was holding his breath.
“She’s alive,” the seer said again, louder this time. “But there’s a choker around her neck. A magical one. That’s why she can’t mind link to you. That’s why your wolves can’t reach her. It’s blocking everything.”
“She isn’t hurt…” Levi muttered.
“No,” the seer said. “She’s trying to reach you… but she can’t.”
I stepped closer, heart racing. “Where is she? Can you see her?”
The seer shut her eyes tightly, trying harder. Then she sighed and shook her head.
“Yes. She is very fine.”
7/14
Levi growled. “Then tell us-who took her? Who has her?”
The seer opened her eyes and looked at each of us. Her voice was calm but serious.
“You’ll see him,” she said. “He will bring her to you himself.”
“Him?” Louis echoed. “So it’s a man?”
She didn’t answer directly-just repeated, “You will see him.”
A cold feeling crept through my chest.
“She’s going into heat tonight,” Levi said, his voice tight and full of worry. “The full moon is tonight. If he touches her-“
“He won’t,” the seer said sharply, cutting him off.
We all stared at her.
“She won’t be touched,” she said again. “Your mate will come back to you!.. untouched. By tomorrow morning.”
I wanted to believe her so badly. But I was scared. We all were.
“How do you know that?” Louis asked. “What if you’re wrong?”
The seer looked at us calmly. “Tell me something. In all the time you’ve known me… have I ever said something that didn’t come true?”
None of us spoke.
Because the answer was no.
Every single thing she’d ever prophesied had happened. Always.
“I’ve seen it,” she said softly. “She’ll come back. She’ll be okay. And untouched.”
I took a shaky breath and looked at my brothers.
They still looked worried. I was too.
But somewhere deep down… we started to believe her.
“Don’t waste today worrying about things that won’t happen,” the seer added. “She will come back. Whole,
9/14 safe, and all you have to do is sit and wait for her return.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.