Rejected by One Loved by the Other

Chapter 31

Chapter 31

Four days after Drew returned to his pack him and Eric were on a plane returning to Texas. "Eric, how could she take off on me like that. I am her mate. Mates are supposed to want each other. Fuck as unfit as she was to be my Luna I still wanted her."

"I can't answer that, she is my sister, but I don't know her. This is all my fault. I told you what I thought, what I was informed, and it was all wrong. By all rights you should hate me right now."

"How can I get mad at you? I thought the same thing. I remember what your father said over and over. We were both wrong." Drew tilted his head back staring off lost.

Eric felt bad seeing how distraught his best friend was. "Things will get better, it will take time, but they can't get much worse. A car is waiting for us when we land, we will find her or a lead."

"Yeah, we will." Drew said the words with no real conviction. He knew the chances were slim to none.

"The car is over here." Eric called to Drew. "I put the luggage in the trunk, are we getting a room first or heading straight out?"

"The first stop is twenty miles from here we might as well start there."

The ride didn't feel very long since, they had been on the road going from pack to pack. "Hello, I am Alpha Drew from the Skyline Pack. I have talked to your alpha about a missing pack member." He gave them the same spiel as he did to the last five packs. This was the sixth one he had visited. They originally thought there was four packs in the area, but found out from some of the other packs that two small ones were in the foothills.

"Like you were told on the phone, we have not taken on any new members. You are free to check for yourselves."

"Thank you for all your help." Drew motioned for Eric to drive in.

"To be honest, Drew, I am glad this is the last pack. We have been at this for six weeks and I am tired of the attitudes you get from the members and the Alphas."

"I don't blame them. We asked them and they gave us an answer. Then what? We double check them like they are lying to us."

"I didn't think of it that way." As they drove through the pack it was obvious that she wasn't there. "I don't see any sign of her. What do you want to do now?"

"Thanks for going with me on this wild goose chase. None of us thought it would pan out, I just had to do something, or I might have gone mad. It's time to go home."

"I'll call dad and have him set up a car to pick us up." Drew nodded and went to his room. "Hi, Dad, we are coming home, we should land around ten tomorrow morning."

"I will be there to get the two of you. Did you have any luck locating her?"

"No, she isn't here. I can't imagine her pulling this off. She just disappeared."

"She did it and we are living with it, I will talk to you in the morning."

On the ride home Eric fidgeted in his seat. "You have something on your mind, Eric, what is it?"

"I am wondering if she is even alive. You don't have a strong bond with her, and she is not in the pack so the Alpha wouldn't feel her death. I mean I don't want her to be dead, but it is a possibility."

"If she was dead even with a weak bond I would feel it. The bond isn't totally broken and dad said it won't break completely until one of us marks someone."

Taking a deep breath Eric says the one thing he knows Drew doesn't want to hear. "You might be better off if you marked someone and made her your Luna. It might be time to let her go."