Why My Mate Cries
Chapter 62

REID’S POV

Gasping, I forcibly woke myself up from an unwanted nightmare. Beads of sweat were dripping down my head as my chest moved up and down to catch my breath. I sat upright and began looking around the familiar bedroom back in the pack house. The place was a bit dark, and the only thing lighting up the room was the moonlight pouring through the window.

Swallowing hard, I tried to remember what happened. The vivid memories of how the witch blocked us on our way home and how she attacked every one of us made my eyes burn.

“Aliyah…” I called my wife’s name as I surveyed the room again. “Aliyah!”

I was about to stand up when I felt the throbbing pain in my stomach. I looked down only to realize that I was terribly wounded due to the silver bullet that the witch used to knock me down. However, I gathered all my strength and forced myself to rise to my feet. Slowly, I walked out of the bedroom and called out to Aliyah once more.

I couldn’t stop gritting my teeth and clenching my jaw because the discomfort I was in combined with the fact that I couldn’t replace Aliyah anywhere in or around our house made me increasingly irritable. As I continued to consider the possibility that the witch had caused harm to both my wife and our child, I began to feel a growing sense of panic. That couldn’t be…

Inhaling heavily, I went out of our place and walked downstairs. Every step was slow and careful. I have been into countless fights, but only this time I had trouble healing fast since the witch used a silver material, which is one of our weaknesses. I g*****d as I took the last couple of steps up the stairs and then proceeded to the main living room.

That’s where I saw my pack mates, Alice and the severely wounded Sage. She was massaging Sage’s arm that was filled with gauze. Even Alice had a gauze pad on her head. They were both surprised when they saw me, but I ignored their reaction as I wanted to see my wife.

“R—Reid, why did you leave your room?” Alice immediately assisted me and helped me sit on the couch next to Sage.

I winced as I felt the searing pain in my wounds. I bet it would have slightly opened, seeing how the gauze began to turn red because of the b***d trying to come out.

“I—I am fine.” I g*****d a bit and breathed in heavily. After a few deep breaths, I glanced at them. “Where’s Aliyah? Did the witch hurt her?”

I remained silent while I awaited a response from them. However, their expressions both changed. Their faces turned pale, and they seemed to be aware of something, but they were unsure how to convey this information.

“Don’t make me repeat my question!” I demanded.

I did not like what I was feeling right now. I felt a rush of terror course through my body, and the longer they kept me in the dark about what was going on, the more my chest contracted.

“Answer me!”

Alice almost jumped from her seat. She looked at me with a sheer amount of sadness and sympathy. Shutting her eyes, her mouth opened.

“W—We do not really know what happened to Aliyah, Reid,” she answered.

My brows furrowed. I could not seem to understand what she said. How come they did not know?

“What are you talking about, Alice?” I asked firmly.

They both looked at each other. I noticed Sage clenching his jaw too. I looked back at Alice and eyed her intently.

“Alice!” I called her as I was getting impatient already.

“Yesterday, when all of us were attacked by that rogue witch, doctors found and helped us. When we all woke up, we did not see Aliyah. The doctors said she was not there. We tried looking for her at the same location where the encounter happened, but we can’t really replace her,” she explained, and her tears began to fall.

“What?” I asked with my faint voice. I could feel my bones turning into water. “Are you saying that my mate is missing?”

“Reid, you have to calm down—”

“How can I f*****g calm down!?” I growled.

Something within me started to shatter and fall apart. It was even more agonizing than the throbbing ache that my wounds caused me to experience. Just the thought that Aliyah had been taken away made it difficult for me to breathe.

I was overcome with terror, and at the same time, a searing pain shot through my body, as if multiple silver bullets were driving themselves deeper into my bones.

I heard footsteps running in our direction, and I didn’t have to guess who they were. Klaus immediately held my shoulders, gripping me so I could calm down, but I shoved him away.

“Where is my mate!?” I shouted at them.

Breathing heavily, tears formed on both sides of my eyes. My lips and chin were shaking as I tried to recall what happened yesterday. All I knew was that the witch attacked me… and I didn’t know anything after that.

“Reid, you are f*****g bleeding!” Charlotte yelled and immediately checked on my wounds. “Stay still, will you?”

“I—I need to replace my Aliyah! Move away!”

I was about to walk, but she pushed me to the couch. “You are not yet healed, Reid! You can’t go anywhere in this state!”

“Aliyah is missing, Charlotte!” I shouted back with the sheer amount of anger. “How can I relax when my mate is not here? She’s pregnant for f**k’s sake!”

“And can’t you see that you’re severely injured?” Charlotte countered in frustration. She looked at me angrily. “I am the pack doctor here, and I know what’s best for you right now, Reid. You have to stay here until your wounds get better!”

I shook my head and pushed her away. I was so furious that I could hurt any of them if they blocked my way. All I needed was Aliyah… I needed to replace her… She was pregnant and might be terrified in a place she wasn’t familiar with.

“Reid, please! Listen to Charlotte. We can’t afford to lose an Alpha too,” Alice begged. “We will replace Aliyah once we all get better.”

“Alice is right. We also need a concrete plan, man,” Klaus added. “I have a suspicion that his brother, that f*****g Shawn Harper, is the one behind this mess. If my hunch was correct, we have to prepare accordingly as this might cause a new war.”

I looked at him intently. He had a point, and his suspicions regarding what happened finally made sense to me. No one had a strong reason to attack us that way except for Shawn Harper, who was determined to get Aliyah back to his pack.

“F*****g bastard!” I growled. My claws and fangs immediately grew out because of the fury I felt. “I am going to kill him. F**k! If he lays his finger on my mate, I swear I’m going to kill him!”