Aurora''s POV


    The entire ce was silent as the night hade upon us at the Blue Moon Pack. Yet, there was no sign of Alpha Bane and I began to get worried.


    Since he left me in the morning to attend to some Pack duties as he called them, I hadn''t set my eyes on him. He had assured me that he''ll likely be back early, as was his new habit, but just like the previous times, he failed to show up.


    Yet, this was a bit different. Unlike the other times, he had stayed out toote and it was beginning to bother me. He knew the state that I was in, due to the nightmare that I had some nights ago. It was supposed to be enough to get him to return earlier. Something didn''t feel right about all that was happening and I had to find out.


    "Anna!" I yelled, calling the attention of my maid so she could step out with me. I intended to leave my room and I didn''t want to go alone. It was prettyte and it wasn''t so advisable to tread those paths alone, especially in this Pack.


    I heard a knock on the door and I knew that it was Anna. "Come in," I said to her as she pushed the door open and walked in.


    "You called, ma''am."


    "Yes, I did," I said, getting up to my feet. "I need us to take a walk. I want to find Alpha Bane wherever he might be."


    "Ma''am, can I suggest something?" She asked timidly.


    "Sure. You can always do that."


    "Thank you, Princess. I wanted to suggest that we could wait for him here instead. He''s the Alpha of the Pack. Nothing will happen to him. He''ll soon be here before you''ll even know it. If that''s the reason why you want to find him."


    "I can''t do that, Anna. Trust me, I thought about that. I''ve been waiting for him since morning and he hasn''t shown up. I have to find a way to locate him myself. Besides, I haven''t left this room since morning so it''s not a bad idea to do that now. Let''s go."


    Walking past her to the corridor, she did the same and helped me lock my door so that we could leave. We walked down the corridor until we got outside and we began to walk slowly.


    As we walked, I took my time to look in every possible direction, just in case we could spot him somehow and not miss him whilst walking. It was going to be bad if we somehow missed him and ended up spending a lot of time looking for someone who had probably gone back to the room.


    As we walked, I spotted some maids somewhere in front of us. They seemed to be conversing so I walked closer to hear what they were talking about.


    Luckily for me, they didn''t see me. They were so engrossed with what they were talking about that they didn''t see me get even closer.


    I still couldn''t hear them properly as they spoke in whispers but I heard one of them mention Alpha Bane''s name. They were probably gossiping about him and I didn''t find it amusing. Yet, I wondered why they''d do that. Perhaps, something was wrong, I thought and I decided to ask them.


    Before I could say something to them I heard another one mention his name in a rather suspicious manner. She said something about him screaming but I couldn''t really get a hold of the exact words she used. My curiosity was piqued even further.


    I walked to them faster, stopping right in front of them and they immediately stopped talking upon seeing me. "Greetings, Princess," they said in unison with each bowing in a show of honour.


    I looked at their faces and their hands and I noticed that they were shaky. They were probably afraid that I was going to scold or punish them for gossiping during thete hours.


    I smiled at them to get them to calm down a little. "Have any of you seen Alpha Bane?" I asked them politely.


    "No, ma''am," said one of them, with the others shaking their heads.


    "What then were you all talking about since I am more than certain that I heard you all talking about Alpha Bane some moments ago?" I asked, angered by their unwillingness to say the truth. I wondered what they were trying to hide from me. They seemed hesitant to answer my question at first, which further got me upset. I had already chosen to forgive them for gossiping when they should not have been doing that, yet, instead of showing gratitude and doing better, they still chose to conceal something that important from me.


    "If you don''t tell me what I need to know right now, I''m going to rescind my position concerning you all," I threatened them with a fierce look on my face so they''d know that I meant every single word that came out of my mouth. "You don''t want to know the punishment that I''m going to mete out to each of you."


    They turned and looked at each other and then shrugged their shoulders. "You really haven''t heard what has been trending in the pce, my princess?" One of them finally asked.


    "No, I haven''t. I''m very confused here. What exactly is going on?" I asked.


    "Well, we heard... It''s a rumour but most people are iming that it''s the truth. We heard that Princess Sophia was kidnapped from the dungeon in the Silver Moon Pack and right now, the Pack is in chaos."


    I opened my mouth in shock, not knowing exactly how to take the news. The dungeon was always very heavily guarded, especially from intruders so I wondered what had happened.


    "Was there any news of a fight?" I asked.


    "None of that, ma''am. We heard that it happened in the night and no guard saw anyonee to take her from the dungeon."


    "No. No. It can''t be true. Those rumours are probably unfounded and I believe there''s nothing to them. It''s... It''s just not possible at all."


    "I''m afraid, it is, "confirmed a guard who was just behind the maids. I hadn''t spotted him before then and I just remembered that a guard was always stationed with some maids at night.


    I immediately realised why Alpha Bane hadn''t returned home since he left in the morning. This was a huge problem; one that I had no solution whatsoever to.


    If she had been kidnapped, I was almost certain that it wasn''t just a kidnap, it was probably a nned rescue. Knowing who Sophia was and what she was capable of, I couldn''t help but think that she had a hand in the abduction and if she did, she was probably somewhere, nning her revenge on me and my parents. She was never one to let things lie.


    I felt chills all over my body and clutched my stomach as thoughts of the dream I had some nights ago began to show up in my head. I was overtaken by fear and there was little I could do to fight it.


    I immediately began to walk toward the throne room to find Alpha Bane. I knew that the maids were still talking to me but I paid no attention to them. I had to meet Alpha Bane. It was the priority.


    Hearing some hurried footsteps behind me, I knew it was Anna, scurrying to catch up with me.