Chapter 15— She’s Missing.

Doyle's POV:

Deven isn't here.

Those utterances resonate in my brain like the lingering effect of a gong.

"I'm sorry. What?" I ask with the utmost confusion in the world.

It makes no sense. I was with her before I left.

Who- where- where could she have gone?

There's only one place she could have gone back to. The club. Although, there's no reason for her to go back there. She promised.

"Doyle?" Lucas calls out into the phone.

"Yes?" I dumbfoundedly answer.

"What do we do?"

I brush my hand against my chin and stare blankly at the wall in astonishment

I don't know how to feel. I don't know what to feel.

"I-I'll have to call you back later," I try to keep my voice from wavering.

He grows quiet but I know he hasn't hung up because I can hear him breathing.

"Doyle?" he calls again.

This time, his voice is filled with concern and pity.

I hate pity.

"I'm fine," I firmly say and hang up.

I can't sit here while my girl is...missing.

It's too hard to accept but it's true.

It's not clicking. My brain is not comprehending. It has not sunk.

Deven is missing. Deven is missing. Bellus mea is missing. Angel is missing. My mate is missing.

I repeat this to myself to trigger any sort of reaction in me but nothing happens.

"Doyle!" I hear someone exclaim my name. I hope it's just a nightmare and it's Bellus mea calling my name.

I hope it's a bad dream based on our argument the previous night.

I turn my head slowly to my right and my frenemy hits me in the face, reality smacks me hard in the face, and it stings like heck.

It's not Deven, it's Isaac.

"No," I mumble as I shake my head.

"She's really missing," I mumble.

My heart sinks to the depth of my stomach and so does the cold truth.

I have to go find her.

I get up quickly, way too quickly for my body to catch up.

I grab my car keys and quickly made my way out the door.

The meeting. I have a meeting today that's important.

I turn to face Isaac.

"I will explain everything later, right now, I need you to stand in for me at the meeting."

"All you need to know is Bel- Deven is missing."

His face turns sour.

He takes a step forward and looks at me in concern.

"Doyle, this is more important than the meeting-

"I know. That's why I'M going to look for her and I'm putting YOU in charge of the meeting."

I look directly into his eyes.

"I want nothing to go wrong," I declare, "do I make myself clear?"

"Yes sir."

I rush out of the room, dispersing any other thought he wanted to utter.

I stop at the front desk and clarify with Claire that Isaac will be taking care of today's meeting.

***

I call Lucas once I start driving.

"Lucas, pay attention to what I'm about to say. We may be in danger. I need you to go to our border and make sure everything is okay."

"Yes Alpha," he says.

"Report to me when you're done," I add.

"Of course. We'll find her, Doyle," he reassures before hanging up.

I hope we will.

My wolf whines.

I understand buddy, I understand.

First stop, The Club.

I'm coming, Bellus mea.