Chapter 51: Chapter 51

Skye's POV

"Where is she?!" I asked forcefully as I rushed out of the study room.

"A wind of darkness appeared and took her away." Camila said panicking as they followed me out.

"Who was with her?" I asked trying not to sound like I was breaking despite knowing I am.

"Just us." They said in unison. Damn the bloody hell of a wife! I've warned her several times about going out of the territory and as usual she disobeyed me.

"Where is Robin?" I asked in urgency.

"We do not know of is whereabout," Anna said. I didn't know what to do. Didn't know where to start from._Where are you Ava? I asked trying to communicate with her telepathically but I got no response. It was like she shut me out of her mind.

Wind of darkness? It kept ringing in my head and I tried to recall where I had seen such words. I went back into the study room and ransacked the shelves. Finally I found what I was looking for. I flew through pages and found the word.

Wind of darkness was used by the demon king to carry off preys. I stared at the book as a lump filled my throat as I realized my beloved was in the hands of her predator.

Ava's POV

I forced my eyes open trying to survey where I was. I looked around but I could barely see anything. I struggled in the chair I was tied in. It wasn't something I could easily free myself from. My abductor must have had a brilliant way of tying my hands and feet to the chair to keep me from escaping.

Suddenly a light was turned on at the other side of where I was and the room was dimly lit. Straining my eyes,I had a feeling we were in a cave because of the rough walls. The designs hanged on the wall could not disguise it.

I heard footsteps approaching. "Who's there?" I asked in a strangled voice.

The footsteps came closer and I could barely see the face of the person in front of me. He circled my chair. "Aca,alpha of the crescent pack,queen of the blood moons and wife to Nicholas Skye,the blood moon alpha." He said very precisely.

"Who are you and how do you bloody hell know me?" I questioned him demandingly.

He chuckled. "Fierce just like I've heard," he said and trailed his fingers on my cheek. "Get your bloody hands off me," I said through gritted teeth feeling irritated by his touch.

He chuckled again. "The body is only for the alpha I see." He said and dropped his hand to his side.

"I asked a question douche bag. Who the bloody hell are you?" I demanded again.

"Well,I shouldn't keep you waiting since you're dying to know," he said and rubbed his knuckles together as he began. "I'm the noble Andrew Stephen,the son of the late beta Stephen who was a beta to Skye's father." He said with a wicked smile on his face. He had stubbles of beards under his chin. Was he the rogue Skye told me about? I wondered staring at him.

I frowned. "What has that got to do with me? What do you want from me? Why am I kept in here?" I blurted out at once.

"Calm down, Ava Nicholas. You'll get all the answers you seek. Your inquisition will soon be satisfied." He said and leaned on a desk across from me. "You see,when my father died in that long feud between the blood moons and the crescents, I was to become Skye's beta when he was to be ordained alpha. We were best of friends with Robin you see, very tight," he said crossing his fingers in demonstration. "When the time came to make Skye alpha, he chose Robin over me, can you imagine that!" He said bitterly.

I can imagine, I said to myself feeling exasperated. "And his father didn't object to it. I got really angry." He said.

He formed a circle on the desk and smiled evilly. "I formed a coup to overthrow him and his father and Skye humiliated me in front of everyone and banished me from the pack. That didn't make me give up. I owed to take everything he loved away from him and I started with his father. I succeeded in murdering his father but Skye proved to be a difficult one." He said and frowned. "Skye has hunted me since then and we've had an encounter before but I couldn't kill the bastard." He said and paused.

What a psycho, I said to myself trying to control the urge to roll my eyes.

"Is that all?" I asked him. "You're a psychopath," I said without waiting for his response. "It's obvious all what your obnoxious mind wanted was power," I said to him.

He laughed in a maniac manner. "The blood moon's power is everything to kill for. The powers associated with being the alpha of the blood moon come in varieties. The respect and authority are given to the alpha by other packs. Whatever the alpha says goes. Becoming the alpha of the blood moons, you become the strongest among others. I believe that's why I am unable to kill that rat," he said and added. "Yet." He said with a smirk.

"You're really sick up there," I said referring to his head and he laughed. "That still doesn't give an answer to my question. What has this got to do with me?" I said to him.

He came closer to me. "I recall saying I vowed to take everything he loves away from him," he said and leaned closer to me. "Which is the reins of leadership and now..you Terra." He said and I stared at him and saw faintly the mark of the serpent on the side of his neck. Yes, he is a rogue wolf. The so called redemption pack.

"You're insane and need help," I said to him. He straightened up and burst out into ripples of laughter. What was funny to this jerk?

"You still don't get it to do you, Ava?" He asked. "You've become Skye's most precious possession and he'd crumble if he loses you. I've kept an eye on you both for a while despite the barrier created at the pack's house. You've become his fundamental weakness, Ava." He said to me and I felt guilty for putting Skye in this situation.

"What do you want from me?!" I yelled at him fighting the tears that threatened to fall.

He laughed. "You're better than this Ava. You're very smart too. You know what I want." He said.

"You want me dead to get back at Skye for not choosing you as his beta?" I asked him.

He raised his eyebrows. "Maybe,"

"He'll find you and kill you if you touch just a strand of my hair," I said with so much confidence and pride in Skye. "But before you kill me, why don't you untie me, and let's get this over with? I won't go down without a fight." I said ready to wipe that smirk off his fucking face and rip his throat out.

He chuckled as he shook a finger at me. "Hell no. You almost killed one of my men. I ain't risking that." He said.

"Afraid already I see," I said glaring at him.

He shrugged. "Not really," he said and stopped smiling. "I'm pretty interested in you to get back at Skye but there's someone else who wants you more than I do. Someone you'd be thrilled to see." He said with an evil twinkle in his eyes.

I stared at him. He was going berserk I was sure of it. What the crap was he telling me? Just then, footsteps echoed through the room and the dark room suddenly lit up. I closed my eyes at the impact of the light force and reopened them seconds later only to see a man standing before me looking irresistible and handsome. He was glorious.

"Hello, Ava," he said in a deep masculine voice that sounded appealing and sensual to the ears. Something about his appearance struck fear in me which I was sure happens to anyone he meets. Isla who never ran away from people went into hiding and I felt a part of me drawn toward him.

"Who are you?" I asked trying not to sound nervous.

"I'm Clark Forest..your father." He said and left me speechless and my mouth was agape and the camaraderie increased as I stared at him in disbelief.