The drive home normally took 30 minutes, but that day the road seemed endless.
When Benjamin finally opened the front door, the silence inside stopped him cold.
Everything looked exactly as it had when he left that morning.
He called Lauren and Gabriel's names as he hurried toward the bedroom.
"Lauren? Gabriel?"
Only his own voice answered him.
Panic surged through him. He pulled out his phone and called the head housekeeper.
"Where's Lauren? Why isn't she home?"
"Alpha, you gave the entire staff the day off. None of us knows where she is."
Benjamin hung up as soon as she finished.
Of course, he had given the staff the day off for Thomas's graduation party.
He hadn't even given them a day off for his bonding ceremony with Lauren or for Gabriel's birth.
Benjamin's hand began to
