Alpha Kian And His Captive Mate novel Chapter 20

Taking down Wyatt's pack wouldn't have been possible without the ever conspiring Night Walker Pack. They had reached the venue the day before and studied the Red Crescent Pack's geographical weaknesses and secret escape routes and tunnels.

Adalyn kept a close eye on the women of their pack but mistook Riley for Nyla because they both were due soon. When eating dinner together with many guest packs the night before the attack, Vance stole a look at Nyla's friend who was his true mate. Adalyn thought he was looking at Nyla and assumed her to be his wife. She chased Riley down and killed her while Nyla escaped.

"Put her in the dungeons and help her clear the fog." Alpha Garrett stared Ren down when my dad couldn't extract any useful information from her.

"Ren is my personal maid. It's not her job to pay attention to Adalyn's conversations with the kitchen maids." I told Ren to leave and mind linked her to let her know Nyla was awake and needed breakfast.

"You seem to be unbothered by Adalyn's disappearance. You do understand you are expected to go look for her, don't you, Alpha?" Adalyn's dad thinks he can tell me what I should be doing. I would never leave the estate grounds for the entire day when Nyla is here.

"The Alpha Ceremony will still happen as planned. I will take her as my luna when we find her."

"Kian, Adalyn was in our territory when she went missing. It's an insult to our power and authority if an enemy harmed her while she was under our protection." Alpha Garrett already brainwashed my dad, as usual.

"The trackers have already mindlinked me. Adalyn's scent wasn't found anywhere near our borders. Neither did they find her body. So nobody took her by force into their territory. She's probably somewhere around and alive."

"As the future Alpha, that's not enough. You should do more." Alpha Garrett keeps reminding me I'm not in charge yet.

"Stop telling me what to do. You should know your daughter is replaceable and should be your priority, not mine. I'm already doing enough by not choosing someone else as my mate tonight."

"Does he make any sense to you these days? He led us all into war, destroyed Red Crescent Pack, and terrorized everybody into submission, but renounced the Alpha King title. Now he's giving up on the best luna he can ever get. His priorities have changed suddenly."

"The politics and responsibilities that come with that Alpha King title are a headache. I don't feel the need to control other packs and stroke my ego by making a bunch of rules and asking them to abide. But if anyone else wants to rule over my pack, they will of course get destroyed, just like the Red Crescent Pack."

What came as a nasty surprise to me was Sadie and how hard she fought. Taking down two skilled warriors and returning to my room without anyone noticing was no joke. It was already dawn when I climbed up onto the balcony and found Ari wailing at the top of her lungs.

I ran in to take her into my arms and crashed on the bed while feeding her. Who would care whether the door was locked or not when completely drained? Not stupid me because I wanted Kian to find it open and yell at me. It doesn't look suspicious at all. His chosen mate goes missing, and I have no solid excuse for sleeping with my door open like that.

"You seemed to have caught a cold." Ren noticed my wet cough.

"I think so. My throat feels sore." I told her and gratefully accepted the garlic mushroom soup she passed to me. It was pretty chilly outside in the early morning.

"Should I be attending the Alpha Ceremony, Ren? Adalyn doesn't seem to like me." I wanted to test if she remembers anything when I bring her up.

"Oh, Adalyn went missing. I saw her talking to Sadie and someone else with long golden hair standing on the far west end. That stranger looked like some magical creature I never saw before. Her skin had a golden aura and her irises were glowing golden too. The pendant she was wearing was giving out the same golden light. She told me to forget what I saw and then held both their hands and took them somewhere. Not sure why I only remembered all this now."