KILLIAN 24 hours have passed… It had been twenty four hours since my wedding with Celine, and Raine was gone. I stood on the balcony of my office, staring far into the forest that stretched beyond the main territory of the pack. The night wind carried the scent of damp earth and a faint trace of wildflowers, but not a single trace of Raine. Not even the slightest whiff. I should have been able to sense her trail. But it was like… she vanished into thin air. Beta Jax had come in a few hours ago, bringing news that made every muscle in my body tense. “They took one of the servants’ cars, Alpha,” he said, his voice low and serious. His face was dark, unreadable. “She left with her weak Omega assistant,” he added. Raine disappeared just a few hours after I made my vows to a woman who wa

