Alpha Bane''s POV


    The Next Day


    "That was so careless! How could they have let that happen?" My father raged, tapping the floor with his feet in annoyance. "How is it possible that all the guards were present, yet she was carted away so easily? There was no form of violence. Nothing. They just came into the Pack at night, picked her up and left the Pack without any interruption? There''s something that we''re not being told.


    I agreed. There was something strange about all that happened. It didn''t seem normal at all. As he said, I felt that there was something deeper than what we saw on the surface. I just couldn''t ce my hands on it.


    I turned around to Aurora and there was a look on her face that also suggested that she had her concerns too. She wore a squint and looked to be lost in thoughts. All three of us were so lost in all that was happening as we sat in the throne room, with each one of us, pausing at intervals to scratch our heads.


    "You''re right, father. I think there''s more to this than meets the eye," I affirmed. "How were they able to get into the cell? It had a lock and a key. I strongly think that they had someone on the inside working for them. The Alpha King and Queen have to look into the matter from this point of view. Any sessful attack with very little effort involves so much effort behind the scenes. I wouldn''t be surprised to hear that they had more than one person doing their bidding and if that''s the case, the ce isn''t safe at all for anyone, especially those in the royal family."


    "You''re right," Aurora concurred. "If the guards woke up to see that she was gone, there had to be a reason for that. What if they were giving sleeping portions? That''s possible, isn''t it?"


    "They should be smarter than that. Guards should always be cautious of their drinks," I countered.


    "What if it wasn''t in the form of drinks?" She asked, forcing me to think deeply. "What if they were working with a maid who put those portions in their food so that the guards will be fast asleep and they can do whatever they want?"


    "What about the key to the cell?"


    "They could have either also had a guard working with them who helped them open the door, or simply searched the pockets of the guards working close to the dungeon to get the keys and open the door."


    She made a lot of sense and I wondered why I didn''t think about it that way. That was even more reason for me to have her by my side as soon as possible. She was smart as she was beautiful.


    Just then, a thought came to my mind and my eyes dimmed. "I know who must have orchestrated this kidnap," I suddenly voiced out to everyone''s surprise.


    "Who are you talking about?" Aurora and my dad asked in unison.


    I held Aurora tightly by the wrist and faced my father. Then I cleared my throat to speak. "I think Dn is behind all of this. I mean, there''s no better exnation for all that''s happening. It just has to be him.


    "How do you know that?" Asked my father, who stared at me in disbelief. He must have wondered how his son was able to pull off something like that from a ce of hiding but I didn''t. I knew what Dn was capable of and I did not doubt that it was he who did it.


    "I have a very strong intuition that Dn is behind all of this. I can''t quite exin how but I''m certain that it''s him. My intuition is never wrong and I''m even more sure of it this time."


    I turned to Aurora to see what her reaction was but she seemed indifferent. She looked to have a lot of things on her mind and I couldn''t me her one bit for that.


    We


    After finding out from a few maids, which was what she said to me, immediately approached me and asked me what we could do to help. I had no idea because as much as we had heard all that happened through the messenger, we hadn''t heard what happened from the mouths of her parents themselves.


    It was also true that even they, at the time, had very little idea about what was going on and so she suggested to me that we should head back to her Pack so we could ascertain exactly what happened. She believed that by the time we''d be there, they''d have uncovered so many truths that we weren''t aware of and I agreed with her, albeit a bit reluctantly because it was certainly going to affect our ns.


    Dn had spoken to his wife concerning the decorations and she had agreed to do it. We had even begun to buy some of the materials needed for all of that, unaware of Aurora whom I wanted it to be a surprise to.


    "We''d be going to the Silver Moon Pack to see Princess Aurora''s parents. When we get back from that trip, we''d talk more about Dn, dad. We''d also proceed to attack that Rogue Pack that he''s hiding in. He might not even know that we know where he is. By the time we''d strike, neither he nor those barbaric wolves would know what hit them and this time, we must be ruthless. We can''t afford to show any form of mercy. They deserve none of that.


    He nodded and I smiled at him. I loved that he was always open to my suggestions regarding any issue at all. It felt good to know that he trusted in my decisions and deemed me worthy to lead the Pack.


    "What about the wedding, Alex? What would happen to the wedding now with all these things that are happening?" He asked, turning to look at Aurora.


    She leaned closer to me and opened her mouth to talk.


    Aurora''s POV


    "Any preparation for the wedding will have to be halted for now. We can''t afford anything to distract us."


    "But it won''t," Alpha Bane protested. "We can have it handled somehow, while we both focus on the matter at hand."


    I didn''t want any of that. I wasn''t even in the right frame of mind to think about a wedding. My parents were in grave danger and so was I, because I knew that there was no way Sophia would be free and she''d let me be. If all that Alpha Bane said concerning Dn were true, then he was also in grave danger.


    "I just want it to stop. There are several lives at stake here. Who knows what would happen if we had that wedding now? What if Dn and his cohorts show up there and meet us unprepared, drunk and having fun?"


    "She''s right, my son. Halting those ns is for the best. We can continueter when things are a bit calmer."


    I was d that his father agreed with me. With that, I was sure that Name wouldn''t protest anymore. He didn''t.


    He just stayed silent and looked sullen.