Something was Taken
859 Words
Kael didn’t sleep.
He hadn’t moved from the training grounds since the silence hit him.
Not the silence of night.
The silence inside him.
He stood still, staring at nothing, his hand still slightly raised as if waiting for something that refused to answer.
For years, the bond had been there.
Even when it hurt.
Even when it faded.
Even when he pushed it away.
It existed.
But now—
Nothing.
No pull.
No echo.
No reaction.
Just… absence.
Kael’s jaw tightened.
“…This isn’t normal,” he muttered.
His warriors kept their distance.
They could feel it too.
Something about their Alpha had shifted.
Not weaker.
Not softer.
Just… wrong.
Kael finally moved.
Fast.
Sharp.
His coat flared slightly as he walked out of the grounds.
“Track her,” he ordered suddenly.
One of the warriors hesitated. “Alpha… track who?”
Kael stopped.
Slowly turned.
And for the first time, his voice dropped lower.
“…Liora.”
Silence.
Confusion passed through the group.
“Sir, she was rejected—”
“I said track her,” Kael snapped.
The air shifted instantly.
No one questioned again.
They moved.
But Kael didn’t leave.
Because something was bothering him more than the silence.
Not that she was gone.
But how she was gone.
A bond doesn’t just disappear.
It weakens.
It breaks.
It bleeds.
But it does not become clean silence.
Kael pressed a hand to his chest again.
Nothing responded.
His eyes darkened.
“…Something interfered,” he said quietly.
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🌙 Meanwhile – Darius’s Estate
Liora sat on the edge of the bed, staring at her hands.
She still didn’t feel pain.
That was the strangest part.
No pull.
No tearing.
No chaos.
But something inside her felt… unfamiliar.
Like a space that had been occupied for too long had suddenly been cleared.
And she didn’t know what to put there.
A knock came.
Darius entered without waiting.
As always.
Calm.
Controlled.
But this time, he didn’t immediately speak.
He watched her.
Carefully.
Liora frowned. “Say it.”
Darius tilted his head slightly. “Say what?”
“What you’re thinking.”
A pause.
Then—
“It is quiet,” he said.
She let out a short breath. “That’s your observation?”
His gaze sharpened slightly.
“It is not just quiet,” he added.
Liora straightened slightly.
“What then?”
Darius stepped closer.
And this time, she felt it immediately.
Not pain.
Not pressure.
But alignment.
Her chest reacted softly.
She froze.
“…That again,” she whispered.
Darius stopped a few steps away.
“Yes,” he said.
Her voice dropped slightly. “It didn’t feel like that before.”
“No,” he agreed. “Because you were divided.”
Liora swallowed.
“And now?”
Darius held her gaze.
“Now you are not.”
Silence stretched between them.
But it didn’t feel empty.
It felt focused.
Like something had finally stopped fighting itself.
Liora looked down slightly.
“I can’t feel him at all,” she said quietly.
Darius didn’t respond immediately.
Then—
“That is expected.”
She looked up sharply. “Expected?”
He nodded once.
“The connection was unstable. Once stabilized, weaker threads detach completely.”
Liora’s fingers curled slightly.
“So Kael is just… gone from it?”
Darius paused.
A fraction longer than before.
Then—
“Yes.”
That word should have felt like closure.
But instead—
Liora felt something else.
Not sadness.
Not relief.
Just unfamiliar space.
She pressed a hand lightly to her chest.
“…And you?” she asked before she could stop herself.
Darius studied her.
The silence between them shifted slightly.
Not tense.
But aware.
Then he answered.
“I remain.”
Something inside her reacted again.
But differently.
Steadier.
Quieter.
Like it was no longer unsure.
Liora frowned slightly at herself.
“…This is strange,” she admitted.
Darius stepped closer just slightly.
“It is stabilizing,” he corrected.
She looked up at him.
“And if I don’t want it to stabilize like this?”
A pause.
Then—
“You already are.”
That hit harder than anything else.
Because she realized something terrifying.
It wasn’t forcing her.
It was becoming natural.
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🌙 Far Away – Red Moon Pack
Kael returned with the report.
Empty.
No trace.
No link.
Nothing.
His jaw tightened as he crushed the parchment in his hand.
“This doesn’t make sense,” he said lowly.
One of the elders stepped forward carefully. “Alpha… rejected bonds fade. It is normal—”
Kael turned sharply.
His eyes darkened.
“It is not gone,” he said coldly.
Silence.
Because something in his tone made it clear:
He wasn’t questioning if she was gone.
He was questioning how someone took her out of reach.
And for the first time since the rejection…
Kael stopped thinking about letting her go.
Not because he wanted her back.
But because someone had changed something that should not change.
And Kael Virel did not tolerate interference in what belonged to his system.
Even if he once rejected it.
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