Asher''s POV


    do you mean Gemini is missing? 1shed out in fury.


    "she was in her room just some minutes a


    ago, the guards confirmed that, but no one knows how she got away"


    "Fuck!" I yelled, mming my phone against the wall


    Without thinking twice, I picked up my robe and stormed towards the door, my head still throbbing. At that point, I couldn''t care less about the fact that I was still on down there. All I wanted to do was to get to Gemini.


    Ba sped to the door with her Lycan speed, stopping me before I step out. "Where do you think you are going. Asher? You can''t just leave me Tanging like that, it''s not fair" She whined.


    Enough of bring the lenient ex, my wolf snapped to the front of my mind, taking total control. I wrapped my hands around her neck, a death- threatening growl escaping my lips. "If anything happens to Gemini, consider yourself dead,"


    The terror in her eyes was enough to make me know that she understood my threat. I set her down carelessly and stormed out of my room, almost walking into n in the hallways.


    "Your majesty He called, taking in my dishevelled look.


    "Send our the troupes now! She wouldn''t have gone too far.”


    The hallways were a lilur as I stormeil through them. My head pounded with every step, and my body was still betraying me, but I couldn''t stop. Not now Gemini was out there, and I had no idea where. The thought alone was enough to drown out the burning sensation coursing through me.


    Alin kept up with my pace, his expression a mix of concern and urgency. "Your Majesty, you''re not well. You need to-


    I said to send out the troops, n," I snapped, my voice harsher this time. "Every inch of this territory needs to be searched. Now,"


    n hesitated for a second before nodding, "Yes, Your Majesty," he replied, pulling out hismunicator to ry the orders.


    As he spoke to the guards, I gripped the nearest pir, steadying myself as the room spun around me. My body was on fire, the effects of the drug and the Viagra mixing into something that made my pulse race and my vision blur.


    n finished hismands and turned back to me, his sharp eyes scanning my face. "Your Majesty, you''re not in any condition to lead this search. Please, take a moment to


    "Don''t," I prowled, cutting him off. My voice was low but firm. "Don''t tell me


    rest when my only hope of having an heir is missing."


    n browned but didn''t argue further. Instead, he gestured to a maid standing


    nearby. "You, ferch a ss of chilled water. Quickly."


    The maid Lowed and disappeared, her footsteps falling in


    into the distance,


    saw her? What direction did she go?"


    straightened, forcing myself


    If in forms, "n," I said, my toe calmer ban no lessmanding


    1. ng. "Whost saw


    The guards outside her chambers reported no movement," n replied, his voice steady despite the chaos in the air. "It''s as if she vanished into


    He hesitated, his brow furrowing


    "But what?" i demanded, my patience fraying.


    "Thiere was a faint scent of wollshane near her dour," he admitted reluctantly -


    A cold fury settled over me. Wolfbane. Someone had orchestrated this. Someone had taken her from under my nose. I mmed my hands against the pir, my knuckles suffering from the unwise act.


    The maid returned with the ss of water, her hands trembling as she held it out to me. I took it without a word, downing at in one go h did little to ease the suffocating


    wneverne


    Tension, but I shoved the difort


    aside.  fort


    "10 kill whoever did thas," I muturred, more in myself than anyone else. My wolf growded in agreement, the raw instinct to protect our muste surging


    n stepped closer, his expression serious. "Your Majesty, we''ll had her. You take care of yourself and i will make sure things are sorted out there.


    I red at hun, the idea of sitting back and waiting grating against every biler of


    my being. "You mean I should sit back and watch you fools make another mistake Two doors in a run,


    been put in danger because of your infidelity"


    "I''m so sorry. Your Majesty, I would do my best to make things right and also make sure that such a b


    thing never happens


    I wanted to insist, I wanted to be out there to see everything through, cause I wasn''t sure I would be able to handle the tension of sitting back and waiting for their feedback. But the pounding in my head and the fire in my veins reminded me that I wasn''t at my best.


    "Fine," I bit out reluctantly. "But keep me updated every step of the way. If there''s


    even a whisper of her location. I want to know immediately"


    n nodded. "Understood, Your Majesty."


    He turned to leave, but I stopped him with a hand on his shoulder. "n," I said,


    my voice lower now. "Don''te back until


    n nodded and stepped out.


    you


    find her..


    I let out a heavy sigh as I watched his retreating figure. This can''t be happening


    to me now, I''ve sacrificed a whole lot for this, I can''t let all my hard work just go to


    a waste.


    My mind drifted to what ri had said earlier, Wolfsbane. Who could have tried


    to. My question got answered even before I could even finish thinking of it in my


    head.


    I hurried back to my room immediately, in search of Ba who happened to have


    been gone at the time I returned there


    "Where did she go?" I barked at the guards who stood by my room.


    "Looking for me, your majesty?" Ba said softly from within the room, d in a towel, her body dripping


    I sped towards her, smashing her into the wall. "Where is Geminit" I snarled,