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That bitter feeling in my stomach vanish at once and it's replaced by embarrassment.

"Yes, Anna, you can ask her if I've brought her here!"

"Why did you bring her?"

"Dad was nagging her about not seeing her mate yet, she was sad and wanted to run away from home... so I brought her here to cool off and think things through!"

"Oh!" 

I can't believe I was jealous of my sister in law! I guess Ray's jealousy is kinda influencing me.

I lay my head on Ray's lap and he caresses my hair... cool breezing blowing on me... I close my eyes.

"It's so cool here, I wish I could live here forever!"

Ray scoffed loudly.

"Then you'll slowly turn to a gorilla!"

I hit his chest very hard and he groans.

"You're the gorilla!"

"What? I'm just telling you what will become of you if you live here forever!"

"That's not...."

A faint cry cuts me off, I got up from Ray's lap, I could see him frown.

"Ray, do you hear that?"

"Hear what?" He asked me back.

"A cry!" 

"A cry? No!" He shakes his head. 

I get up and listen well, I hear the cry again... And it sound like a kid.

"Are you not hearing it, Ray?"

He gets up too and listened, then he turns to me with a frown.

"Are you sure that's a child's cry? What will a child come to do deep in the woods?" He asked.

"I'm not sure.. how about we check it out?" 

He shakes his head.

"No!"

"We don't know if it's a trap!"

I think about it, he's right, but what if it's really a kid?

"Let's just check it out.. what if it's turns out to be a kid from our pack?"

"Baby, you..."

I place a finger on his lips and shuts him off.

"We can't ignore this, maybe it's really a child that needs our help!"

He stares at me briefly then sighs.

"Fine, let's go, but you'll stay close to me!"

"Ok!"

Writer's POV 

King's office....!

"..... that's all Alpha king!"

The king exchange looks with his wife, she's staring at the seer with a disgusting expression.

"And why are you just telling us now?!" The king asked.

"I.. Alpha ki...."

The queen bangs on the table and the seer flinches back, he quickly bows his head and avoids the queen's eyes.

"It's too late to tell us about this!" She growls.

The king gets up from his chair and comes to his wife's side, he massages her shoulders softly.

"Seer, leave my office!" The king said.

"Yes, Alpha King!" The seer said and left the office immediately.

The king sits in front of his fuming wife and takes her hands in his, caressing them.

"Darling, calm down!"

"Do you trust him?" She asked.

"Honestly, I don't know if I should trust him or not... I don't know if he's telling the truth or not!" He replied.

"So what do you plan to do?"

He sighs deeply.

"We'll just go with the flow... the truth will reveal itself soonest!"

"Whatever you wanna do, do it before Stacey's induction...I don't want any mistakes!"

*

Stacey's POV 

The cry for help keeps getting closer with every step we take deeper into the woods.

Finally, we stop by a pit... the cry seem to be coming from inside.

"Help me! Mama! Papa" 

Now I'm certain it's a kid's cry, Ray and I exchange looks. 

"Mama! Papa! Papa, help me!" 

He takes a step closer, pushing me behind him. He leans forward and takes a look inside.

"It's truly a pup!" He said. 

I quickly leans forward and take a look too, my heart breaks at the sight.

A kid of five or six sits inside crying her eyes out, there's some water inside the pit and it almost swallowed her.

"Hey, cutie, are you ok?" I asked

She lifts her head and sees me, she shakes her head and cry more.

"Help me, help me!" She cried.

I turn to Ray and push him, if he wasn't holding his balance, I swear he'd have fallen into the pit too. 

"Ray, quick, pull her out!"

He nods and jumps into the pit, he carries the kid and sits her on his head.

"Baby, reach out your hands and carry her up!"

I nod and quickly reaches for her, luckily I reached her... I pulled her out and take off my jacket.. I damps it on her shoulders and wipe her tears. 

"Cutie, are you ok?" I asked.

She didn't respond, she just throws her arms around me and cry on my shoulders. 

"It's ok, you're safe now, you're safe!" I pat her back.

She cries a few more minutes and slowly quiets down.

"What are you doing here, girly? How did you fall into this pit?" I asked her.

She turns behind her and points at a direction.

"They took my friends! They took my friends!"

"Who took your friends?" I asked her again.

She shakes her head and begin to cry again.

"I.. I.. don't know..."

Ray takes her from me... I guess I was too focus on the girl that I didn't know when he came out of the pit.

"Let's go back!" He said.

I nod and we head back to the direction we came from... the little girl kept crying in Ray's arms.

"Don't cry, alright, we'll take you to your mama and help you find your friends too!" I told her.

She nods but didn't stop crying.

"I have mind link some of the guards, they're waiting outside the woods.. they'll escort you home and I'll take this girl to the palace... We'll find her parents and send her home, I want to discuss this with my dad!"

"Why should I go home? I wanna come with you to the palace!" 

He shakes his head.

"No! You are pregnant now, your health matters most... You'll go home and rest!"

I think about it and nod, he's right... I shouldn't make things hard for him now.

"I'll send Karl's mate to come keep you company!"

"No, please. Jessy is pregnant too, we can't keep troubling her"

"But... "

"Let her rest, the guards are gonna be around, right?"

He nods.

"Then we don't need to trouble Jessy!"

He wanted to argue but one look from me shuts him up.

Ray's mansion...! 7:34pm...!

It's been four whole hours since Ray went to the palace, he still haven't come back.

I'm starting to get bored in this mansion, had I known I would have let him send Jessy over.

I look outside through the window, those guards are still patrolling... They wouldn't let me out... No matter how hard I tried to persuade them.

Then I remembered there's a back door in the kitchen. I got up and rushed to the kitchen... I open the door and glance around, there are no guards in sight.

I smiled... I can go out from here and take a short walk around.

I step out and take in a deep breath, inhaling the fresh air outside...

Staying in the mansion for four straight hours without coming out just makes it feels like I'm in a prison. 

Just as I take a step forward, I see a white handkerchief pass through my eyes and covers my nose.

Before I could turn and see who's that, I inhaled something... darkness!