CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN

The smell of alcohol lingering in front of my nose made me wake up from my deep slumber. When I opened my eyes, everything came crashing down at me like a plane without engine. Rebekah was missing. I curled back on the bed, wishing that I was back in my deep slumber.

I rocked myself back and forth as I sobbed uncontrollably, not even soothing words helped me calm down and when Max touched me, I just snapped. Before I could react, a slap sound filled the room. "Get out!" I shrieked out at him before curling back in a fetal position as I cried out.

"Alexa..." I sat up and pushed him away from me. "I'm sorry." I stood up and continued to push him out of the room. "You promised me Max, you promised me that you'll keep her safe, you lied." I gritted out angrily as I pushed at his chest, realizing it wasn't working I fisted his chest instead. "I hate you!" I sobbed while I pounded at his chest repeatedly.

"You don't mean that." He responded sadly as he stared down at me and I did the same, the only thing was that my eyes were staring at him hatefully. "We're going to find her."

"Stop lying! All you do is make false promises and lie! This is your entire fault! Go away, I hate you." I sobbed as I slumped on the ground with him holding me tight, refusing to let me go and receiving everything without saying anything mean back.

I curled in his arms as I cried out. "I want her back." He rocked us back and forth, muttering soothing things into my ear. "Get her back Max." I grasped at his collar as I looked up at him through my blurred eyes.

I sniffed quietly as I stared at him, trying hard not to burst into tears. "I will, I swear to you that I'm going to find her, even if it kills me." I grabbed his face and leaned our heads together, closing my eyes to take a deep breath.

I pressed my lips on his, parting his lips with my lips. "Don't say that. I can't live without you." I wrapped my arms around his neck and pushed myself up to kiss him some more. He pulled me away from him and held my hands in his.

"You were right, this my entire fault, if I hadn't been involved with Lucy none of this would have happened." He looked at me with those sad golden eyes and I realized that he was hurt too, it was his daughter too who was missing. I was selfish for thinking about my pain, my feelings and not his.

"Don't blame yourself Max, we don't know if it's Lucy who's behind this but even if it's her, it's still not your fault, I'm sorry for thinking that. I was focusing more on my pain that I didn't realize that you were in pain too. I just want my baby back." I hugged him tightly as I sobbed hard, my body clutching at Max's body.

Max phone rang, making us pull away from each other. "Answer it." I mentioned to him as I accommodated myself on his lap. The moment he answered his phone, his face changed into a furious one. "What's going on?"

He put it on loudspeaker, and you could hear Rebekah crying in the background. I took the phone out of Max hands and stood up. "She's crying Max."

"Yes, Insupportable your daughter, just like you." A voice answered back harshly, while Rebekah cried out heavily in the back. "Lucy, Lucy please I'm begging you give me my daughter back. I'll go by myself; I'll do whatever you want. The thing is with me, leave her alone. Don't hurt her please I'm begging you." I cried out on the phone, my voice breaking as I heard my daughter still crying in the background.

"Yeah, we'll talk about that later but first, tell me how to make her shut the fuck up! She won't stop crying!" She screamed out irritated, making Rebekah cry harder. "Rebekah sweetheart."

"Let me." Max said as he tried to take the phone out of my hand, but I held his wrist. "No. I can do this." I sniffed loudly as I tried to calm myself down. "Lucy, you gave her food, you feed her?"

"Yes." She answered back bored out. "I'm not that cold hearted you know." I sniffed as I took deep breath. "You changed her, you changed her dampers?"

"Yes, I already did that a thousand times Alexandra." She replied again with the same tone. "Then she's crying because she wants to be with her mom, it's because she misses me, please give her back Lucy." I said praying for her to at least feel something, but a mother can only hope right?

"Aw how emotional?" She replied back in a mocking tone. "How do I make her shut up!" She shrieked out loudly, scaring even myself. "Put her on the phone." I sniffed out as I breathed out slowly. "What?!"

"Put the phone on her ear Lucy! Put it on her!" I heard her crying on the phone and I put my hand on my mouth, calming myself down. "Hi sweetheart, here's mommy and daddy mi amor. I'll sing you a song for you to stay quiet okay, so Lucy doesn't hurt you."

"A la nanita nana, nanita ella, nanita ella. Mi niña tiene sueño, bendito sea, bendito sea. A la nanita nana, nanita ella, nanita ella. Mi niña tiene sueño, bendito sea, bendito sea. Fuentecita, que corre clara y sonora. Ruiseñor que en la selva cantando llora. Calla mientras la cuna se balancea. A la nanita nana, nanita ella."

"A la nanita nana, nanita ella, nanita ella. Mi niña tiene sueño bendito sea, bendito sea. Fuentecita, que corre clara y sonora. Ruiseñor que en la selva cantando llora. Calla mientras la cuna se balancea. A la nanita nana, nanita ella."

"Alexandra you're a genius! How did you do it?" She whispered on the phone, her voice still not believing what she saw. "She fell asleep, how did you do it?"

"I'm her mother, she knows that I love her with all my heart Lucy, it calls love, do you even know what that is? I don't think you know that, because someone who's capable of love won't do something that low. You're sick." I bashed her out, not being able to control myself.

She scoffed. "Don't act all motherly Alexandra because it doesn't fit you, tell me how did you do it?" She demanded pissed off. "Lucy, please stop with this nonsense, just give her back. Lucy please."

"Aw. I can't stand when you get all sentimental, just tell me the trick." She hissed out loudly, but not enough to wake Rebekah up. "There is no trick Lucy I alr...Lucy? Lucy!" I pulled the phone away from my ear and looked up at Max with tears blinding my vision. "She hung up." I flung myself at Max as I cried out, with him soothing comforting words into my ear.

I walked inside of the nursery room and panicked when the boys weren't in their cribs. I put my hands on my mouth and rushed out of the room, skipping down the stairs. "What happened, why didn't you wake me up?" I freaked out on my mom as I picked up Maximilian.

"Nothing happened. They just wanted to be with their grandma." My mother smiled at me as she cuddled with Maxim. I know I'm being paranoid, but I can't help it, they mean everything to me. "Take a seat. It's been a while since you carried them."

My mother was right; ever since Rebekah was kidnapped, I didn't spent time with them, instead I worried about Rebekah. "I'm such a bad mother." I sat down as I cocooned Maximilian in my arms, leaning down to plan a kiss on his forehead.

The front door opened as Max and Jaden walked in. "What happened? Was she there?" Jaden shook his head while Max ran his hands down his hair, growling out in frustration.

"The run-down office was abandoned, but we still caught a whiff of her scent mixed with Rebekah's, meaning that she left recently." Jaden answered me while Max walked toward the sofa and sat on it, his elbows on his knee as he leaned his head down.

"Come on Jaden, let's put the babies in their crib." My mother said as she stood up, rounding the sofa to walk toward the stairs. I kissed Maximilian's forehead before giving him to Jaden. "Let's give these two, time to talk right babies."

I scooted myself next to Max and put my head behind his neck as I ran my fingers through his hair. "We almost had her! If only." He growled out in frustration as he stood up abruptly. "This is my entire fault." He ran his hands down his face, his once golden eyes who used to shine so bright were suddenly fading away.

He looked so tired and worn out for the first time. "Max..." He shook his head and turned around to walk out of the house. I wanted to go after him, but I know that he needed some space and me going after him won't help him get the guilt he was feeling off his chest.

"Where did Max go?" My mother appeared downstairs with worry visibly in her eyes. "Did you guys fight?" I shook my head and pulled my mother into a hug. "Then what happened?"

"I love him mom and I hate seeing him hurt like this, it just breaks me." I sobbed in her arms as I tightened my grip on her blouse. "I'm sorry I'm a mess." I pulled away from her and wiped my tears away. "I need some air."

I walked besides her and toward the door, grabbing the handle to open the door. "Excuse me. Who are you?" The person turned around and gave me a doleful smile. "I'm Lucian Garkes. Lucy's father." He stated with disappointment. "I don't have the face to face you Luna and our Alpha after what my daughter did."

I furrowed my eyebrows together. "How do you know that your daughter is after this?" He looked away haunted, his fingers ticking each other. "Let's talk in the Alpha's office." I stepped away from the door and mentioned him to come in.

He did what he was told, and I closed the door, mentioning him to follow me. "What is going on?" My mother asked as we walked inside. I shook my head at her and guided Lucian toward Max office, opening the door.

"After you Luna." I smiled briefly at him before making my way inside, rounding Max desk to sit on his chair. He cleared his throat awkwardly and took a seat. "The reason why I know that my daughter was the one after this is because I heard a conversation between my wife and my daughter."

I mentioned him to go on. "She asked for my wife's help with something." I clenched my fists as I bethought what happened three weeks ago, the day Rebekah was kidnapped, and I washed the desk off with my hands as I growled out angrily. It wasn't Lucy who kidnapped Rebekah but Sheila!

I knew she was after something when she appeared at the baby shower. Ever since Lucy disappearance she didn't get involved with anything we did for the pack and then she suddenly appears like nothing happened? I knew. I knew it. My heart wasn't lying when my eyes gaze upon her and a wave of fear and the need to protect covered my body, but I didn't act upon it.

"Leave!" I banged my fists hard on the desk, hearing it crack slowly and spit in half. "Just go away!" I bolted the chair across the room, sending it flying past Lucian on his way out. I held onto the broken desk as I slipped slowly on the ground, my body shaking uncontrollably as heartbreaking sobs left my mouth.

I screamed out in pain as I held onto my chest, grasping at it as heart wrenching sobs escaped my throat. I pulled my legs closer as I curled on the ground in a fetal position, my hands gripping at the carpet as more sobs escaped my throat.

Max POV

I shifted back into my human form and put the clothes Christopher gave me on. "Thanks." I moved to the front door to open the door, but another person opened it, thinking it was Alexandra I moved forward but stepped back when Lucian, Lucy's father walked out. "Lucian?" I furrowed my eyebrows together as I asked him confused.

"Alpha." He bowed his head at me and scattered out of the door, hurrying his pace. I walked inside with Chris and saw Alexandra's mother pacing around with a worried expression on her face.

"Max thanks God you're here!"

"Where's Alexandra?" I asked her and flied toward my office the moment she told me. I pushed the half open door wider, looking around the dull room. "Alexandra?" I dragged myself inside the room, closing it behind me.

I widened my eyes when I saw how messy my office was. My chair was upside down underneath my rack of books and there were books scattered all around the floor. My desk was broken in half and my newly made papers were scattered across the room, but did I care about that? No.

I walked further into the office, kneeling to pick broken glasses that were next to my broken desk. My ears picked up a few whimpers coming out of my mate's mouth, and I stood up, rounding the desk to see my mate curled up in a fetal position.

She looked so tiny and vulnerable, her long hair covering her face and upper body that was shaking with silence sobs. I kneeled beside her slowly, sitting next to her as I leaned my head against the broken desk.

I scooted over to her and pulled her into my lap, cocooned her in my arms. She flinched at the contact but relaxed into my arms. "Max." She whimpered with trembling voice as she raised her head slowly, her cold eyes meeting my soft ones. To think how the roles reversed. "I want them dead, both of them."

"Alexa...." I for once was lost of words, I never saw so much hatred in her eyes, not even the time when she hated me. It scares me seeing her like this, seeing this cold version of hers. It doesn't suit her sweet and caring personality.

"I'm sick and tired of being the only one who suffers, I don't care how cruel it sounds but the Alexandra you knew is fucking tired of being the hurt one." I pulled her closer to me and kissed her forehead. "And don't you dare tell me that everything is going to be okay because we both know that's a lie."

She pulled away from me and pushed herself up to get up, but I pushed her back down into my lap, my hand firm on the back of her neck as I pushed her forward, molding my lips with hers. She dug her nails into my shoulders, moving her hands into my hair to tangle her fingers in them.

I gripped the back of her dress, tearing it apart as I kissed her neck, my hands caressing her back as I ripped her dress down. I didn't have time for her to get her straps off her arms and ripped that too, making it hung on her hips.

She wasn't helping me either by being braless. I sneaked my arms around her waist as she arched her body, leaving kisses down her throat and cleavage I took one nipple into my mouth and then the other. She moaned loudly as she tossed her head back, her hands in my hair.

She moved her hands down to pull my shirt up but decided against it and just ripped it in half, tearing it apart. I took the sleeves off and grabbed her again, my arms covering her whole back as I dug my hands in her long locks, moving her head the way I wanted.

She unfastened my belt and unzipped my jeans. "Take it off." She ordered me breathless, her cold eyes glinting with pure lust. Almost. I leaned her down slowly on the ground and stood up, talking my jeans off but left my boxers on.

She opened her legs and arched her back as her hand slipped slowly down her body, playing with her straps before she stuck it into her panties. She moaned loudly again as she played with herself, making sure she was wet for me.

I pulled her hand away and grabbed her straps, pulling it down in a swift movement and tossed it aside. I ran my hands on the inside of her thighs, my thumb brushing against her clit. She dug her head on the floor as she arched her body, moving her hips.

"Kiss me there... Lick every inch of me." I leaned forward and licked her slit open, her legs shaking as she tried to close them. I held them in place as I flicked my tongue on her clit in circular motions before placing my mouth on her delicious sex.

I let my tongue slipped inside of her warm core. "Fuck!" She sat up abruptly and tried to push me away. "Baby don't stop! Oh my God, I love it when you do that!" She cried out as she tossed her head back, her hands pulling my head closer. "Max I'm ah!"

"Don't you dare come until I say you can!" I barked at her as I licked and flicked her erected clit with my tongue. "I can't.... Hold it." She gasped tiredly, her hands holding the carpet as she tossed her head back, crying out.

"Come for me baby, come in my mouth, I want to taste you." With that she left it go and came into my mouth with a scream of pleasure. I sucked and slurped her essences until she was clean and hovered over her, planting a kiss on her mouth.

She made a face and I laughed at her. "This never gets old." She said with a roll of an eye, and I chuckled at her. "You still don't get it. It sucks." This was my time to roll my eyes at her.

"Don't be so dramatic and spread your legs wide for me, I want you. I want to make love with you. I want to enjoy sex with you. I want to fuck you." She moaned and did what she was told. "Good girl."

She shook her head with a roll of an eye and wrapped her legs around my ass, automatically pushing me forward. "Fuck. Take your boxers off." She groaned when she felt the fabric of my boxers. "God I'm dripping. Fuck! Take me already." I don't know where she gets such vocabularies from, not that I mind though.

"You have to take your legs first baby." She groaned but took them off and rested them next to mine. I pulled my boxers down but didn't even get them off my thighs when she hooked her legs around my ass again, pulling me forward, and in one go I was inside of her.

I rolled my eyes at her eagerness and switched us. "You're already the captain I see. Why don't you finish what you started?" I rested my hands behind my head as I stared up at her.

She leaned down and kissed my chest before leaning back up, her hair was flying all over the place and sticking all over her sweaty body. She never looked hotter. It was such a turn on. She parted her lips as she moved her hands on my thighs, her head back and her body arching giving me full display of her breasts.

She started to grind circles around my dick slowly, before pounding herself on me as she went up and down in a quick motion. She lowered herself down as she arched her back to take me deeper. I went to move my hands on her hips, but she grabbed my hands and pushed it above my head, holding her hands in mine as she rode me.

She was giving me wild and passionate sex. I could see the flame in her eyes and I felt accomplished with myself. The cold look didn't suit her at all. She moved her hands down and dug her nails into my chest, watching me moan in painful delight before she leaned down on my chest and left a few traces of love bites around my body.

She grabbed both of my hands and placed them against her hips as she moved up and down my dick. She pressed my hands firmly against her body and I got the hint, lifting her up and down with her own momentum.

She wrapped her arms around my neck when I sat up and clutched her body with mine, her hips moving in sync with mine in a fast pace. "Fuck, that feels incredible." I hooked my arms under her arms and gripped at her shoulders.

I grunted loudly as I pounded myself deep inside of her, her walls tightening around my dick. She cried out as she tightened her hold on my neck, her breath tickling my earlobe as she breathed heavily into my ear.

"Max... please I can't oh God, fuck me harder, don't stop." I switched us over, so she was on the ground, and I was on top of her. "Fuck, you've got me all worked up." I put my hands next to her shoulders as I pounded myself inside of her, feeling her walls trying to squeeze me and I grunted, fastened my pace. I looked down at her as I worked her body, her eyes half shut, and her lips parted as she moaned over and over.

Her cry of pleasure was driving me insane. I wanted to have my way with her until she couldn't move an inch. I was rock, hard and firm just for her. It's been a while since we had sex and my body was working for all the times we didn't.

With Rebekah's disappearance we didn't even have time for each other. We needed to be closer now and this was just the right thing for both of us, we're stronger when we're united and weaker when we're apart.

This is what Lucy wanted, to see us apart and broken but we're coming stronger than ever.