The Alpha's Mysterious Mate ( The Fate Series Book 1)
Chapter 34: Someone Disappeared From Red Maple

Chapter 34: Someone Disappeared From Red Maple 

Serena's POV:

In his anxiety, the guard could only answer me concisely.He didn't bother to expound and ran outsideafter saying, "Patricia is missing.It seems that she has been kidnapped by a wizard, too!"

This news felt like a bolt of lightning had struck me.

Patricia got kidnapped? The Red Maple Pack loved Patricia and treated her as their princess.

It was no surprise that the entire Maple House would erupt into chaos once this news had gotten out.

I could imagine how worried sick Alpha and Luna must be right now.

They must be doing all they could to replace her because even the guards stationed in the prison weresent out.

Soon enough, the prison was empty.

I couldn't go out and search with everyone, so I was left with no choice but to pace back and forthrestlessly.

Not long after, I heard Peter's steps.

He had returned to the prison.

"Peter? What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be out there looking for Patricia?" I wassurprised to see him here.

"I'm here to let you out first.Everyone else is busy looking for Patricia.They probably don't have time todiscuss about your matter right now, so I don't know how long you'll be locked up here.But now thatthey're all distracted, it is a good time for you to escape from the Red Maple Pack."

Peter took out a key and unlocked my cell door.

"What? What are you talking about? Patricia was just kidnapped.You need to replace her, and I'll go withyou.Why would I run away on my own?"

"But it's dangerous here for you..."

"Peter, I'm not going anywhere.I want to be your mate.I want to be the Luna of the Red MaplePack.You are mine.I'm not going to leave you, especially when those ugly she-wolves are waiting forthe first chance to take you for themselves!" I joked.

Peter stared at me in disbelief and couldn't speak for a long time.

Finally, he grabbed the back of my head and kissed me fiercely, pushing the air out of my lungs.

"Serena, I really want to fuck you right now."

"You'll get the chance when we are free.Now, we have something else to do."

I smiled at him.

Together, Peter and I walked out of the prison.

Outside, chaos still ensued.

There were no clues as to where Patricia had disappeared to.

Her scent could not be detected anywhere, either.

The people could only try looking for her everywhere, running around like headless chickens.

When the children from other packs were kidnapped, one common factor was that their scent had alsobecome undetectable immediately after.

This proved the assumption that it was the same wizard who also kidnapped Patricia.

It was only a wizard who could possess such power.

Peter's phone rang with a call from Alvin.

"Peter, we found some clues.Traces of magic had been spotted in the forest nearby.They are still veryfresh, so the wizard must have just passed by.”

"Okay, disseminate this information to everyone.Serena and I will go ahead to that location." Peterhung up.

We transformed into wolves right away and sprinted to the forest, following the traces and looking forany sign of Patricia.

However, we had arrived to a point where the traces had stopped.

Soon, the other werewolves of the Red Maple Pack had caught up.

They split up into groups to conduct a large-scale search around the forest, but they had found nothing.

There were no other traces of the wizard or Patricia.

Everyone hung their heads low, defeated once again.

Alpha was beginning to visibly express his anxiousness, and Luna had broken out in sobs.

"Come on, let's go back to where Patricia was last seen.Maybe there is still another clue there."

I tugged on Peter's sleeve.

He agreed and we ran back to the Maple House.

On the way there, I heard Peter's voice.

"Damn it! It's all my fault.The Red Maple Pack's security was my task and I should have secured itbetter..."

"Peter, it isn't your fault.The other packs also strengthened their defenses, and yet the wizard was stillable to break in.The wizard must have a secret way out that we don't know yet,"

I said, trying to comfort Peter.

Peter looked at me with a surprised expression.

"How did you know what I was thinking?"

"What do you mean? Weren't you speaking just now?" I stared blankly at him.

"No...I was just thinking it, and then you answered! Can you read my mind?"

It was then that I realized how slightly different Peter's voice was when I heard it.

It turned out that I was hearing his thoughts.

That meant another vampire power of mine had been awakened, and it was the mind reading skill.Ilooked at Peter and heard all the thoughts that had been running through his head.

He was in a tangle of emotions.

Worry for Patricia, guilty for this whole situation, and frustration in thinking of solutions to solve myproblem.

Suddenly, I could hear someone else's voice! I scanned the area for another person.

Peter and I stood on a hillside with some rubble nearby.

There was no one else here.

Since I had just gotten this new power, I knew that I could only read the minds of those who were at aclose proximity, meaning this person was nearby.

I concentrated on that strange voice and was horrified when I heard its content.

"What's wrong, Serena?"Peter noticed the fear on my face.

"It's the wizard.I heard his thoughts.He's hiding on this hill, and he has Patricia with him!"

I quickly pulled Peter aside to conceal ourselves.

I signaled him not to raise his voice and pointed at the hill.

"Why would they be there?" Peter raised his eyebrows.

"This wizard is cunning and sly.He had intentionally left traces of magic to trick us and lure usthere.When in reality, he and Patricia are still here.He's waiting for everyone to leave.That way, hecould easily escape with Patricia without anyone seeing,"

I explained in a hushed tone.Peter got up to rush to the hillside, but I pulled him back.

"No, you can't face him alone.Remember, this wizard has kidnapped several children without anyonenoticing.He is not one we can underestimate.Right now, he has no idea that he has been found, so let's

gather as many werewolves as possible and surround him before he replaces out."

Peter nodded and contacted Alpha, Luna, and Alvin about this.

Soon, they arrived with many other werewolves with them.

The elders, however, refused to cooperate as soon as they saw me.

They were making things more difficult now.

"Shouldn't that girl be in prison? Why is she here with us?"

"Serena's here to look for Patricia, too.It's thanks to her powers that we were able to locate the wizard."

Peter was getting impatient.

The elders didn't believe Peter when he said it was because of me that we had located the wizard.

"Why did you let her out? What if she escapes?"

"Why would we even believe the hybrid? Who knows what tricks she’s pulling on us right now? Howcould a wizard even hide here?"

An elder raised his voice.

"Keep your voice down, Elder Jason.You're breaking our cover!"

Peter scolded him.

But it was already too late.

The wizard had heard Jason's voice.

A huge rock on the hillside was rolled away, revealing a cave behind.

A short man rushed out carrying an unconscious Patricia and fled away.

"Damn it!"

Peter cursed and transformed into a wolf, chasing after them.

The other werewolves also followed suit.

Realizing that he was mistaken, Jason didn't dare to say anything more.

He joined the team of other elders to chase that short wizard.

The wizard had Patricia in one hand and waved his wand with the other.

Streaks of light shot into the air, and suddenly, many werewolves were suddenly fixed in, place.

They were frozen like statues and unable to move.

Some werewolves seemed to have crashed into an invisible wall, or fell into an invisible puddle, unableto move forward as well.

Soon, all werewolves had been stopped in their tracks.

They watched helplessly as the short wizard ran farther and farther away, disappearing into thedarkness with Patricia.

"Patricia, no!"

I heard the heart-wrenching cry of Luna.