Deception

Chapter 18

Feeling a snap inside you, you opened your eyes, waking up from your deep slumber. There was a sudden emptiness in you that made you frown. Putting a hand over your chest, you tried calling out for your wolf but you couldn't feel her. Panic started to ensue within you and you clenched your fist, your heartbeat quickening in fear for the worse.

"What's wrong?" You heard his voice behind you which made you tense.

"I don't know." You said and he got up, turning you to face him and you saw his face looking at you and laced concern.

He saw the panic in your eyes and pulled you into his embrace.

"A nightmare?" He asked and you shook your head.

Rachel said your wolf could be blocked, but you should still be able to feel her. But the snap was making you restless and uneasy, you couldn't feel your wolf at all. You were still conscious so you doubt that you were being manipulated, so why?

"I'm sorry." You pulled away from Jungkook and ran out of his room barefooted.

He called out to you but you ran as quickly as your feet could take you deep into the forest. He ran after you and it didn't take long for him to reach you.

"Tell me, what's wrong?" Jungkook desperately asked with his hands on your shoulders.

"I need to shift." You closed your eyes and called for your wolf desperately.

Expecting a familiar shift in your bones, you clenched your fist and your eyebrows furrowed in frustration when you didn't feel yourself shift like you were supposed to.

"I can't." You fell on your knees, despair filled your entire being as you felt like your other half being taken away from you.

"You can't shift?" Jungkook asked, kneeling down on one knee to match your eye level.

Your eyes were filled with tears and you shook your head.

"I can't feel her. Can you?" You asked as you looked up at him. Jungkook searched your eyes as his eyebrows furrowed, but it didn't take long for his face to contort into shock.

Realizing the missing bond. His wolf was restless, pacing inside him and clawing his way out. He wants to be let free and kill the people that had hurt his mate but Jungkook forced him down, focusing on his mate who was in anguished. Looking at her like that hurts him but he needed to be strong for her.

"Let's go back," Jungkook said and carried you bridal style.

Your hands were around his neck but you couldn't feel the usual static when your skin meet his. Pressing your face against his shoulder, you resisted a sob from releasing as tears soaked his shirt. The bond was gone.

For the first time, Rachel showed panic, pure anger, and uncertainty.

"I've underestimated her." Rachel said after looking at the state you were in.

Your brother and Jungkook were in the room as well, while you remained dazed. You were hugging your knees, looking down at the duvet. Jungkook had immediately called for Rachel and your brother as soon as he put you down on the bed. Your eyes were swollen as you still tried to call out for your wolf, which you knew was futile but it didn't hurt to keep trying.

"Do you know what happened to her wolf?" Hoseok, the gamma, asked.

"I've heard of someone who had a forceful separation with his wolf before as a punishment under the witch's council, but he died soon after, unable to stand that a part of him was ripped away."

"So you're saying the rogue witch forcefully cut her connect with her wolf," Jungkook concluded, his hands balled into fists as he looked at his mate.