Falling in love with my Ex's Alpha Chapter 124

***Kaiden***

"It's been six fucking days and nothing!" I rake my hands through my hair.

My ability to think logically or rationally has fled.

I'm consumed with rage and terror. My little sun is out there somewhere, and they could be hurting her right now.

I can't even think what she must have been through all these days.

"Kaiden, you need to calm the fuck down–"

"How am I supposed to fucking calm down, Jason? I've already been to every place she could be, and nothing!" I interrupt him,

"All three teams searching for her haven't found any trace of her. She's gone! She is fucking gone!"

Jason runs a hand over his face, "I know, Kaiden, but we need to focus–"

"I have a location where we can find clues about her; I'm not sure if we will, but–"

"I don't care. Where?" I interrupt Alpha Benjamin.

The first two places Chad listed were a complete waste of time. I directed one team to go with Jason and another to go with me. In the end, there was no one there.

No sign that anyone had ever been there.

I came back more frustrated than ever.

Chad stayed with me the entire time because I needed to make sure he wouldn't run away, and I also took the opportunity to take out my anger on him.

The team I asked Isabel to send to where this fucker planned this whole fucking thing returned and said there was no one else there.

In the following days, it only got worse because of all the places that Chad suggested; in the end, we didn't find anyone. Some places even had traces of people having been there, but if they were truly there, they left long before we arrived.

Yesterday was the last full moon night.

Without my little mate, Troy became violent! All the madness I experienced before Katie returned with a vengeance.

I had already forgotten how much this moment makes me feel like a true perverse beast.

Just having my little sun close to me prevented me from getting into this curse situation; it prevented the effects of my curse.

Without her, my world collapsed. At night, I hunted for blood fiercely, and during the day, I felt the cold and emptiness of not having her around.

The only nap I took was three days ago, which made me have dreadful nightmares about her.

Even though I know it's a side effect of the mate bond because we're not close to each other, I can't help but compare it to the situation we're in because, as she's kidnapped, anything can happen.

In fact, anything could have already happened.

How is she defending herself? Is she eating? Is she drinking some water?

My worry mixes with my anger, and every time I look at Chad, I want to kill him in several different ways.

Each one is worse than the other.

All of them in the most painful way possible.

I can't deny that Alpha Benjamin's help was very useful, Jacob wasn't wrong, his warriors are very well trained, and they're holding up to this day without complaining.

If they saw me when I went hunting like crazy during the full moon, no one said anything, but even if they had, I couldn't give two fucks about it.

Due to the tournament's first round, there are no rogues around. We have done a thorough search all these days, and so far, we haven't found anything.

"It's not that close to here, but I think it's worth the risk," Alpha Benjamin says.

"Show me," I say firmly, my last calm breath trying to evaporate.

"I know where it is!" Chad responds excitedly, "I didn't know there–"

"This is all your fault! Shut the fuck up!" I push Chad, taking him away from the map.

Alpha Benjamin doesn't know what happened or what he did, but I'm sure he must have already put two and two together, given how I've been treating Chad.

Chad has accompanied me and done everything I ask, everything I talk to him or hit him, he just accepts it and looks away.

I know him too well. I know how sorry he is, but I can't control myself. Every time I look at him, I feel so much hate knowing that he put her in this situation.

He orchestrated all of this! Chad, my fucking brother, my fucking Gamma! The most reasoning guy I know!

I simply can't believe it. I refuse to believe that he betrayed me so easily.

But it's the truth.

I don't know what to do anymore.

His fated mate, Maia, is as strong as the warriors in her pack.

She has helped in the search without hesitation, without resting.

I can see how much she loves my little mate and also how much she is hurting every time she sees me kicking Chad's ass.

I don't know if they've had any conversations since they met because, frankly, I can't think of anything other than looking for my mate, and also, Chad has been avoiding her.

I don't know what this fucker is going to do.

Maia approaches the map. "If she's there, maybe it's better if we all go together and not divide ourselves," she looks at her brother, and he nods, "this area has a lot of rogues, but it's always renewing with new people because no one lasts long there."

"She's right," Alpha Benjamin confirms.

"Kaiden, I won't be left behind," Jason says firmly.

He has been taking care of the pack since the second day of the search, but he is already fed up.

There haven't been any other raids on the pack since the kidnapping, so I imagine there won't be another one.

It better not be another.

I take a deep breath, he's just as hungry to find Katie as I am, "Okay, Jason, Isabel will be in charge," I say, looking at her.

We are all together again at ECT, and once again, I am planning a rescue.

I don't care, I would go to the end of the world to find my little mate.

Every second without her, I begin to realize that my life no longer exists without her.

🐺 🐺 🐺

We managed to do the trip that was supposed to be done in almost two days in just one.

Every second that passes is another second that she is suffering, another second that she needs me.

If she's not resting, neither am I. If she's not eating, neither am I.

Everyone came following my car at full speed, without pause or rest.

When we were a few miles away from the location, we stopped to hide the cars and continued like wolves.

So I stop the car, and Jason turns to me with a sandwich in his hand; I don't even know where he got it from.

"Kaiden, you need to eat something. You can't get there feeling sick. We need you to be one hundred percent well," he says seriously.

"I am fine–"

"You're not! Fuck! Listen to me! You need to eat something! You haven't eaten anything for days," he throws the sandwich in my lap, "if you don't eat, I'm going to force this sandwich down your fucking throat!"

Just to shut him up, I open the fucking container, and in two bites, I eat it.

I didn't realize how hungry I was until I tasted the food in my mouth.

I was going to eat more, but I remember that she might also be hungry, so it's better to leave something for her to eat.

"Let's go," I say, getting out of the car; Jacob, Jason, and Chad get out, too.

After camouflaging the cars, I shift, and everyone shifts behind me, and we start dashing in the direction that Alpha Benjamin indicated.

Our strategy is straightforward, yet it demands precision: approach stealthily, navigating the terrain without betraying our presence. If we chance upon a group, we'll assemble, pooling our insights to strategize our invasion. Only after meticulously surveying the territory and assessing the strength of the rogue force will we proceed with our calculated infiltration.

If not, well... I hope you don't have that option.

I hope today is the day I rescue her.

After running stealthily for a few miles, I start to hear movement ahead, I quickly mindlink all my warriors and signal Alpha Benjamin.

As we were about to step back to plan, Chad mindlinked me, "Kaiden, those guys on the right were at the place where I... where I planned everything with their boss."

What?

Neither Troy nor I could wait for the rationality of our strategic approach.

My impulse to wait and strategize dissolved, replaced by an urgent need to act.

Immediately and abruptly, Troy's four paws leap in the direction Chad indicated.

Troy runs his tongue between his fangs before jumping up and ripping one of their necks off in one fell swoop.

My mate is here. I can feel her!