Anna's Tale

The Jig is up, bitches

BRYCE'S POV

Today is Anna's birthday. This is great but I have so much to do. I want this to be perfect. I feel closer to her everyday and I know she feels the same. Geeze, I sound like a girl in my own fucking head. I reach out for her, but she is gone. She must be already up. Probably getting coffee, that girl and her caffeine. I laugh and shake my head and get up and into the shower.

After my shower, I end up in my office going over my usual paperwork. I hear a knock at my door. "Enter" I bellow. My door opens and Robby's head pops in.

"Alpha, everything is in place." He grins. Jordan follows behind him. "Yeah, and it is great. You got lucky with your mate. Anna is awesome. I hope my mate is as great as her. I think that the pack is going to do so well with her as Luna." Their praise of Anna makes me proud. The whole pack loves her. Well, almost the whole pack. The thought of Carla and her clones makes me frown.

"What's with the frown? You should be excited, this is a big day for your mate." Robby tells me. "Yeah, I just got a bad feeling about the Carla Clones, as Izzy calls them. Maybe someone should keep an eye on them." Jordan nods. "I agree those girls are trouble." I mind link Izzy. Telling her to be aware of them today. "I just asked Izzy to be on alert." I tell my Beta and Delta. They both nod and leave to attend to the duties assigned to them.

Before I know it, it is late afternoon and I need to get ready for the party. I try to mind link Anna to make sure she isn't in our room so I can get dressed but I can't reach her. Strange, but maybe she is blocking me without knowing it, She is new to this so I don't think too much on it and head upstairs. The room is empty, her scent is hanging in the room like she was in here but not for a couple of hours. I frown, she should be getting ready. I mind link Izzy, maybe she is getting ready at her place so I don't see her before the party. Izzy hasn't seen her all day. I mind link the whole pack, no one has seen her. Something is wrong. Robby and Jordan bust through the door. "No one has seen Anna all day. Where the hell is she?" I roar. They both shake their heads. "Carla is gone, too She somehow escaped her confinement. We don't know how." Jordan tells me and all I can see is red. Then I see a note on my pillow.

"Dear Bryce,

I am sorry, I can't do this. Don't look for me, I can not take the mate bond. I can not be Luna. I am not strong enough for this. I love my ex boyfriend and am going back to him. Forget about me.

Anna

"What the fuck? Did I mean nothing to her? Was it all a lie?" I feel the tears fall from my eyes. I look at Robby and Jordan and they look pissed.

"How can you even buy that bullshit? We watched her fall more in love with you everyday." Jordan yells at me. I am taken aback and suck in a breath, then it hits me. Another scent, not Anna, Carla.

"CARLA! I can fucking smell her!" I yell. "Find her, NOW!" I roar and they both go running. The note falls to the floor so I bend down to get it and see the pretty box under the bed. It is addressed to me in Anna's handwriting. I open it and see a notebook. I flip through the pages and smile. She has draw a bunch of pictures and written about us everyday since she came here. Holy shit! She loves me and wants the mating bond! I jump up and laugh, then I remember that she is missing. I set the notebook on the bed and run to Izzy's house.

"What's going on, Bryce?" Izzy asks me looking so very worried. "Anna is missing and so is Carla. I smelled Carla on this note that Anna supposedly wrote me." I hand her the note and she read it. Her face contorted in anger.

"This is utter bullshit, Bryce. She and I were talking about the mating bond and how much she loved you just yesterday. The only ex she has is in jail for assault. Carla is a damn fool. She thinks she can take the place of Anna because you will be forced to mate bond with someone before you die in a few weeks. Crazy fucking bitch." Izzy growls.