Arlo Pov
“What do you mean she is gone?”I roar to my guards as I storm into the dungeons. I reach the cell Nova was in and it is in fact empty. “Where is she?”
“We don’t know you highness,” the guards say and duck their heads in shame.
“Send out all the guards to search. Find my mate. Find your queen.” I demand and shoo them away.
I go out the other door and into the tree line. I will search for her myself. The sun has just risen so she can’t have gotten too far. I pick up her faint scent and follow it. It goes on for miles. She must have gotten out hours ago if she went this far.
I finally reach a clearing and her scent disappears but there is a mix of other scents. Lots of them. Panic strikes me as I think she must have encountered some trouble.
“Nova,” I start frantically lo
