*****Erika''s POV*****


    "How can there not be anything?!" I boomed at the guards I''d sent to go search Melisse''s room.


    "It''s true, Alpha. We were unable to find anything in there." One of the guards spoke, but there seemed to be this fear underneath his words.


    "We can take you to the room if you''d like, Alpha." The second guard told me. This one was trying to avoid looking at me.


    "Alright, you can go. Thank you." Kat told the guards. They bowed and left the


    room.


    "What are we going to do?" This was from an annoyed Pa.


    "I don''t know, Pa. I''m as confused as you are." I plopped down helplessly on my bed.


    The guards had gone to search her room and returned with nothing, said there was nothing in it. Did this mean that she burned whatever letters they gave to her? Or she hid it somewhere other than her room? That had been the hope we had.


    Or maybe...? I had another n. "What if we hire a hacker to try to track this unknown number and use it to get their location? I believe getting their location will make the job easy to us. We''ll easily know who''s behind this."


    "These people are smart." Pa reasoned. "I don''t think they will use this number anymore."


    That was another spirit-dampening possibility, I sighed. “But we can try."


    "Let''s try then." Pa agreed.


    "How was I so blind to this girl''s mission? How did I get here? I would never believe in a million years that Melisse would be responsible for this? All of this?" I paved my room, my head was throbbing hard.


    I was yet to sleep, none of us have been able to sleep. I was worried, angry, frustrated. There must be some way to find the truth. There must be some way to know who was behind this. I was finding it hard to seat still and act like it was all fine.


    Until the real mastermind behind this was captured, nothing would remain fine. Not for any reason, nothing would.


    "I should have also suspected when I saw her standing at that door." Pa sat on her bed looking as disappointed as ever in herself.


    A phone rang, I quickly rushed to it. It was Pa''s. She looked at the caller ID and then at us. "It''s Gage."


    "Pick it then, he might just be checking up on you." Kat said.


    She picked the call. "Hello, babe. Now''s not..." Her eyes widened. "Erika? Wait." She put the phone on loudspeaker, she already had my attention and that of Kat''s. What was happening again? "What did you say, Gaga?"


    "Tell Erika to tell the guards to let us in." His voice was angry and distraught.


    "They''re here? By this time?" I already knew Alex would be with him. But why were they here? This was a very wrong time, I had my own issues to deal with. But it was veryte, what could be so important that they both could not wait till morning. Or was he ready to agree to my condition?


    "Rika?" Both my friends were looking at me, waiting for me to reply.


    I did not have time to attend to anyone at the moment, I just...


    "Let them in." Kat decided.


    There was no need to counter or argue, I could not allow them sleep outside anyway, they would have still found their way inside. Soon, heard footsteps and an urgent knock on my door, Pa went to open the door for them.


    "Where''s Jace?" Alex asked. He was looking every bit as nervous as he was.


    "What is it?" I stood from the bed I was seating to go meet him. Why was he asking for my brother?


    "He''s in danger." He stated.


    "What?!" The three of us chorused in shock. But he just came out of danger? Or were they just aware of it? "What are you saying? He just came out of danger." I looked into his face.


    "Take this." He gave me a note and went to plop on my bed, he looked tired. Gage went to meet Pa but she immediately stood toe read the note with me, Kat too.


    "Who gave you this?" I asked, my heart was pounding in fear and nerves.


    "It came anonymously. I read it and called Gage, he suggested we should make the journey this night. wanted toe the next morning but he said it might be too tomorrow." He ran a hand through his tousled hair.


    Nerves taut, I pulled out the note and opened it, it read;


    Stay away from Erika, else I''ll make sure you burn with her.


    But if you choose to ignore this warning (which there''s a greater chance you will),


    the next time you go to her, tell her this - her brother will not escape me this second time.


    A little tip: Jace Is not her biological brother...


    What was this person saying? Jace was not my biological brother? I had no idea which made me tremble more; the fact that Jace was in trouble or that the im that he was not my biological brother.


    "This is crazy." Kat took the paper out of my hands and squeezed it. Tears brimmed in her eyes.


    "Wait, don''t rumple it, Kat." Pa was trying to get the paper out of her hands. "Why?! These people are just trying to scare us!" Kat bellowed. I understood her fear and pain, despite theirst spat, Jace was still her mate.


    "Where''s Jace?" Gage looked at the three of us. I turned in his direction, that was when I saw what he was wearing-bottom pyjamas and a rumpled shirt.


    I shifted my gaze to Alex who was quiet, he was wearing a pair of trousers and shirt that was rumpled too. I noticed he was intently looking me.


    "In the hospital." I heard Pa reply him.


    "What happened to him?" Alex''s brows furrowed. They both did not really know Jace that much because of my hidden identity when I was with him.


    "A long story." I told him.


    "Is he guarded?" The concern in Gage''s voice caused a spike in my blood pressure.


    I zoomed out of the room. "Hey you." I called to the guards standing at the entrance of house. There were four of them "Go to the hospital. The VIP section, Jace is there. Do not leave that ce until I tell you to. Two inside, two outside. Got it?!"


    "Yes, Alpha.” I watched them make a dash for the medical building, the night swallowing their form.


    Tears welled and streamed, my shoulders sagged. When will all of this be over?