Chapter 14
Hunter
"So how do we start looking for her?" Looking at Tyler and the snow leopard was intimidating as is. His huge frame and her petite frame made them the perfect pair to inflict some serious damage on someone intruding on their business. And right now I think that is what I am doing. The leopard looks at me, "We have to go to the cape of good hope. It is possible that she was picked up again by the big three in her escape. Either way we were going to end up there." She said it so matter of factly that it almost hurt to listen to it. Tyler nodded, "I will go make arrangements with your father Natalia. He should be able to get us a small plane or something." Natalia looks at Tyler with wide eyes, "Tyler, he hates you. You should let me do it." He nodded, with a small smile on his face. It seemed to make her seem like she made the decisions in this relationship, whatever it was. Natalia exits the room with a phone in hand, and Tyler just stares at me with hard brown eyes, "Why didn't you come with her?"
The question hit me like a sack of bricks, but the answer was simple, "She made me promise not to follow her. She told me she wanted to do this on her own, and wanted at least a year to get everything together." Tyler just began to laugh, his laugh was hearty and full of joy at my situation. Embarrassment and anger started to bloom in my stomach, "What is so funny?" Tyler's laugh ceased, "You two are. You obviously care for each other, meanwhile you are giving each other a break. It is as if you don't know if she is really your mate." Clarity rose on his face, "You don't know, do you?" I look at the ground, "I do but she just didn't know if it was true or not. I can't say I blame her, she just found out she was a shifter maybe a month ago. So I understand why she is skeptical about the whole mate thing. But we had a shared dream and I hope that those events happen soon." Tyler looks at me with sincere eyes, "She knows your her mate. Something kept bringing a smile to her face, and I know that look. It was the thought of a mate. And if you had a shared dream, then she knows. And I know you are confident in this Hunter." "How do you know my name?" Tyler begins to laugh, "Emily talks in her sleep. She kept mumbling your name when I was on watch. Believe me I am not a spy for the big three." I gave him a nod, there was something about him that I trusted.
Natalia came back with a smile on her face, "Good news, my father got us a flight to the cape of good hope for this evening. He even got us an airport close to the mountains. De Aar, Military, South Africa is where we will land, and the flight is almost exactly 15 hours. So that should give them enough time to make it back to their palace. We can see if she is there or not, and get her out of there." A thought came to mind as she stated this, "What happens if she is not there? We have no other leads to where she is." Natalia gave a shrug, "If she is not there then we will just have to keep looking for her. She can't be that far from the castle if she escaped on land." I nod and we wait until until the evening. We make it to the airport and I see a man with snow white hair and a big bushy mustache waiting for us in front of a plane hangar. The man looked sturdy, but had a little bit of a gut, I am guessing from old age. But his frame was almost as large as Tyler's and that is saying something for a elderly man. His scent gave off the same as Natalia, so he was a snow leopard as well.
The man gives me a look and then gazes at Natalia, "Who is the mountain lion?" Instantly every muscle tensed, was he challenging me? Natalia gave a laugh, "This is Hunter, the mate to the snow leopard I was telling you about." The old man gave me a wry look, "A snow leopard and a mountain lion. Well I guess that's not as bad as a snow leopard and a wolf." Tyler let out a low growl beside me, causing me to jump just a tiny bit. With a grunt the man led us into the hangar and led us onto the plane. The small jet seemed like the kind you saw celebrities getting off of in the movies. "Well I hope you find what your looking for mountain lion. If not, go after it." With that the door to the plane closed and we were on our way to the Military base by the cape of good hope.
