Page 211 of My Unexpected Mate

Blake made a torturing sound and fell to his knees. He grabbed a fistful of his hair and started pulling it.

“I am so sorry,” he muttered.

Why is he sorry? Why the fuck is he sorry? Where is she?

My hands started sweating, and the only thing I could hear was my blood pumping through my veins.

“What are you sorry for?” Cassie asked him and knelt in front of him. “What happened, Blake?”

“He took her,” Blake mumbled quietly.

No.

No, no, no, no, no, NO!

Fuck!

Nick growled loudly and shifted. He launched himself at Blake, but Jacob stopped him.

“Stop!” Jacob yelled. “We need him to tell us what happened!”

Nate growled and bared his teeth at Blake. I couldn’t move. I was completely frozen. He took her. He had her.

Nate thrashed and tried to break through Jacob’s shield around Blake and his sister. Cassie was crying and patting Blake’s back.

I finally moved and grabbed Nate.

“I am so sorry, Nate,” I said quietly. “We will find her. We will bring her back. I need you to give control to Nick.”

Nate whined and fell down on his belly. I had no idea if wolves could cry, but he was crying. I stroked his big head, trying to calm myself. I wanted to rip Blake apart. He should have stopped him. He should have called us. How the hell did he take her? How the hell did he go through my shield?

A few moments later, I felt Nick shift back. He got on his knees and buried his head in his hands, rocking back and forth. Jacob left and came back with a pair of sweats for Nick.

“Put this on,” I said quietly. “We need to hear Blake out, and we need to go after her.”

He took the sweats from my hand and put them on.

Cassie grabbed Blake’s arm and pulled him up.

We sat down at the table, looking at Blake. My hands itched to kill him, but I tried to control myself. I needed him to tell us what had happened.

“When we got to our room, there was a note on the bed,” Blake started talking. “I looked at Cassie, but she didn’t seem to notice it. She went straight to the bathroom. I picked up the note, and it said to go to the edge of the forest if I didn’t want anybody to get hurt.”

“I didn’t see the note,” Cassie said quietly.

“I thought about that,” Blake sighed. “It was a spell. Only I could see it.”

Cassie nodded.

My blood started boiling. I could see where this was going.

“I walked outside through the front door because I knew Jacob and Aria were in the kitchen. When I got there, two men waited for me. The older one was Victor.”

Nick growled and started shaking. I could feel his anger in the air.

“He asked me to help him get Aria,” Blake continued. “I refused. But then he threatened to kill Cassie and I...”

Blake didn’t get to finish because a loud roar interrupted him.

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