You're perfect...for us

Chapter 32 (M)

Xavier

 "Xavier... this is my necklace that I lost last night... the one my mom gave me years ago..."

"I don't understand Zayn. You will have to explain," I told my sweet little omega while he was staring at me with tears in his eyes. I hear him take a deep breath and sniffle as he tries to calm himself, "Okay. So yesterday I lost my necklace... this necklace. I had it on my neck all day yesterday up until last night when we.... Ya know...," he looks at the ground blushing. 'Cute,' I think to myself. He takes another deep breath and looks at me, "anyway, it somehow managed to slip off at some point during our little grind and I found the charm lying there this morning... but the chain was missing... I didn't think much of it, I just hid the charm away for safe keeping. This necklace being here must mean that Azazel had it and if that means Azazel had it then that also means something happened to Azazel which caused him to drop it and it got stuck here." He looks down at the necklace and brings it closer to his face to inspect it. He then looks up at me with confusion written all over his face. I start to get worried, "what is it sweetheart?" "There are two links that are different from the original links. But... that makes no sense... maybe this isn't my necklace... but I want to hold onto it just in case," He tells me with worry in his voice as he puts it around his neck.

I nod at him, pulling him into a quick hug before releasing him. "We have to keep looking for him. We don't know where he is, and we need to find him fast if that puddle of blood says anything. I understand we heal fast, but we don't know what kind of injury that was," I tell him in a stern voice, and he nods at me. I turn to look at my surroundings. After examining the area, I can see that some of the branches are broken along a pathway. That is quite off if it is a pathway. Either someone tried to hide it, or they were too big to go through it and they broke the branches. I head over to the entrance and I feel Zayn right behind me. As I get right to the entrance, I can see a piece of cloth snagged on the branch, which is weird because I am sure Azazel took off his clothes before shifting. I carefully remove the cloth and I can smell Azazel, but that's probably because his blood is on it. The actual smell on the cloth though, belongs to another wolf. I let a low growl leave my throat and I hear Zayn whimper behind me, "what is it Xavier? Did you find something?"

I turn to my 4' 9" mate and look into his tear-filled eyes, "I think so. This cloth was stuck on the branches which means they were broken to get through because someone was too big. I can smell Azazel on it because of his blood, but the actual cloth smells of another wolf." Zayn lets out a high-pitched whine from the back of his throat and wraps his arms around me, burying his face in my chest, "Xavier, this means he was kidnapped! What if he is seriously injured! We need to find him now!" I hugged my sweet mate back, wrapping him tightly in my embrace, kissing his hair, "we will find him. He will be back home in our arms, and we will all be okay. Please don't worry so much about it because we need to stay positive. Now, if these people were dumb enough to break branches and leave scents here then we can track them easily. We just have to give it a try." I release my arms from around him and grip his hand tightly, "whatever you do, don't get more than 5 feet from me. We are going to shift to try to track him better, but I don't need you getting hurt or lost either, especially since your heat isn't finished yet." Zayn nods at me and lets go of my hand so he can start to strip off his clothes. I do the same and we shift into our wolf forms. Zayn is a pure white wolf who has black on his ear tips, tail tip, and his paws. He is super adorable, and his coat looks incredibly soft. I am a massive raven black wolf with red on my tail. I walk up to Zayn and rub myself against his side, causing him to let out what sounds like a purr. I nudge him gently and we start to follow the path. He stays glued to my side like I told him to so that he isn't in any danger. I've already lost one mate, and I will not lose another. We will find Azazel and we will bring him home safely.

We have been walking this path for about 10 minutes now and the smell of another wolf is rather strong. These people were stupid to kidnap him and not hide their tracks. Either this is a trap, or these people are just idiots. After another 5 minutes of walking I stop because there is more of Azazel's blood. Not just droplets, but another small puddle. As I continue to investigate, I can see a trail smudged behind the puddle of blood. It looks like there was a struggle and they were dragging Azazel, possibly causing him even more injuries. I growl low, trying not to be too loud in case we are being followed or watched, but I can't help it. I am just so mad and upset. How could someone hurt my mate?! Our mate?! And it must have been a surprise attack because Azazel is bigger than me in both wolf form and human form so there is no way he saw them coming and let them do this! We continue on the path before I can hear Zayn panting. I know my little omega is tired, so I find a small stream and take him to go drink from it. And that's when the smell hits me.

He has another heatwave coming on and won't be able to continue on until it is solved...