His Inescapable Mate novel Chapter 58

I ignored him. He was right, one-hundred percent. It was impossible for me to envision a future without her that wouldn't involve me completely depressed for the rest of my life. But what kind of man would I be if I didn't put the needs of my love before my own?

Whimpering, my wolf let in. Fine, he huffed. Maybe Jason can take better care of her.

I didn't want to admit it, but there was so much more that he could give her than I could. For one, he was the alpha of the next territory over. That right there gave him power, wealth, undying-respect, and the loyalty from the entire pack. And through extension, all of that was given to Nora as well. Plus, he had the capability of allowing her to visit Florida, even move there. After all, even if she was with me and I was still the beta-to-be, then I would still need to get Jason's permission to have Nora go to Florida seeing as he's the alpha and has final say on who comes and goes.

Too busy wallowing in self-pity, I almost didn't register it when there was a loud banging on my front door.

"Huh?" I asked, leaning up with a wince, one of my ribs still setting itself.

"Vincent! Open up!" came a female's voice from the other side.

Who could this be? "Just open the door," I huffed, not caring if it were someone here to kill me or steal from me. Nora was gone, so there was nothing left to protect.

The door slammed open, banging loudly into the wall behind it. In the doorway stood a tall, blonde werewolf who glared down at me with disgust. "What are you doing here, just sulking?" she spat at he, crossing her arms in front of her.

"Who are you?" I grunted, struggling to sit up. I held my hand to my side to help my rib stay in place so that it mended correctly.

Jessie, Nora's best friend fro school, poked her head out from behind the werewolf. "Mr. Abin!" she gasped. "We need your help! Please!"

The werewolf glanced back at her, shifting her stance so that her body blocked the human from my view. I cocked my eyebrow at her and she just threw her hands up in exasperation.

Crystal bared her teeth at me, pushing Jessie out of the way of the doorframe. "She's with Jason, at his house," she said. "Follow me. I have a secret trail that I use to go between territories."

"And we need to hurry!" Jessie piped in. "Jason said he's going to use the Last Resort on Nora!"

There was nothing else in the world that I could focus on now. All I needed to do was get to my mate. Find her! my wolf demanded. Get her back!

I plan on it.

Crystal phased, throwing Jessie on her back to carry her as she led me back to the territory. My eyes stayed fixed on her figure, knowing full well that she would lead me down the fastest route to my mate. The sun was slowly getting lower and I sprinted at full speed, dirt flying high behind me as I bolted. Surprisingly, Crystal's path did lead us back to the old territory rather quickly, and it was pretty well hidden. She led us down close to a river where there were scores of granite rocks that created a sort of natural maze as they jutted out from the earth. Through various twists and turns that even a werewolf would have trouble navigating through, we made it through the border and onto the other side of the old territory.