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Callum's POV
"What do you mean she is missing!" I roared at the guard who stood before us. I was completely impatient.
It felt as though I was about to lose my mind. Liv was nowhere to be found, I assigned the guards to search every nook and cranny for her but they all brought back negative results.
I was worried about what might have happened to her. Something was definitely wrong, I couldn't think of reasons why she would distance herself from me without bringing what I had done wrong to order.
Where do I even begin to look for her? I was already so stressed from everything that had happened in all these days, and now Liv's disappearance has made my worries alongside my impatience worse.
I could feel my body temperature rise from cold to hot. My heartbeat raced faster than a speeding car, I felt so weak. Liv was my life, I didn't realize when she meant so much to me. Not having her beside me felt as though my entire existence had lost its value.
"Don't fucking yell at him. Your screams won't provide the solution we need and he answers to me not you" Frank stated. I balled my fist in anger. I hated the sight of him so much but he never seemed to understand that the tone of his voice irritated the fucking hell out of me.
I only had to bear him just because of Liv. I for a fact was aware that everything was just for a while. Once I'm able to settle everything, I'll take Liv back to where she belongs. She belongs to the dark moon pack and she will become my Luna.
"Shut the fuck up, you are not helping" I cursed out in a low voice. I turned my gaze away from Frank. I was filled with disgust but at the back of my head, it clicked that I needed to cooperate so Liv could get to me soon enough.
I thrusted my hand into my pocket. I swiveled my head in Frank's direction."Well, ask your guard where the hell Liv is then" I pronounced as anger rippled through me.
"Callum you need to calm the fuck down" Ryder voiced out.
"This dark sky pack always has a lot of problems, and you. What do I even say to you?" I asked.
"What are you trying to imply?" Ryder queried with raised eyebrows.
"Liv was with you right?" I questioned.
"Yes she was but she left me in a fit of rage".
"That's where the main source of the problem is coming from. If you knew she was angry why didn't you try to stop her?"
"Are you bloody serious Callum? you're forgetting Liv isn't a baby, you should stop treating her as one. She's responsible enough to take care of herself" Ryder aired out.
"If she's responsible enough why can't we fucking find her!" I was losing my shit.
"If we can't find her, it only means one thing" Frank chimed in.
"Which is?" Ryder asked.
"Liv has been kidnapped and it happened right under our noses" I declared.
"That's very smart of you" Frank praised, rolling his eyes.
"I don't know if I should blame myself for what has happened to Liv. I just lost my temper, I hurled accusations at Frank that he was in love with his sister. If I didn't do so, probably she would have been with us" Ryder said.
I wasn't attentive to what Ryder spewed out. His words clicked in my head once again, I didn't quite understand what I just heard. Did I really hear clearly or was I misquoting his words?
"What did you say, Ryder?" I pronounced.
"I said if I didn't do so, probably she would have been with us" he let out.
"No. That's not what I want to hear, repeat your exact words before the last statement".
His lips slightly parted in realization and then he looked from Frank to me. "Oh about that. I said I hurled accusations at Frank that he is in love with his sister" Ryder expressed. I snapped my fingers at him.
I narrowed my eyes in confusion "Frank? His sister? what's that supposed to mean?" I asked. I observed the way Frank and Ryder exchanged suspicious glances at each other.
"Didn't you already know?" Ryder asked.
"About what exactly?"
"I thought you knew about Frank and Liv being half siblings" Ryder responded. I had heard of unexpected news but whatever Ryder spoke about shook me to my bone marrow.
How was it even possible? should I be happy or not? the biggest threat to my relationship with Liv was fucking out of my way and I didn't have to do too much, I didn't have to shed a lot of blood for that to happen.
My lips were slightly parted as I stared at Frank who removed his gaze from me. I scoffed in disbelief.
"So you knew about it for a long time, yet you still allowed yourself to fall in love with your sister. How disgusting" I expressed with irritation scrunched up on my face.
He sucked in air through his teeth in anger "Watch your fucking words Callum. I'm not so shameless as you think I am, I just found out about the truth today. I guess it was only Ryder and Liv who knew about it" Frank retorted.
"I can't be surprised at your denial. Every criminal tries to prove himself not guilty at any cost" I answered back in a teasing manner. I noticed the way Frank's face burned in intense anger, he was just about to explode.
That was what I wanted.
"That's enough guys. This isn't the time for all of this, we shouldn't get distracted. We need to give in our entire focus to find Liv" Ryder chirmed in.
"Callum needs to know better about this. I might not be Liv's love interest anymore but I still play a bigger role in her life than you all, don't forget I'm her brother" Frank said.
"You're just her fucking stepbrother so there's no need to feel over the moon," Ryder said.
"It still means a whole lot and it doesn't change the fact I'm related to her by blood" Frank replied as though he was trying so hard to rub it back on our faces. His reactions irked the fuck out of me.
"But you still thought of fucking her once" I shot at him. He grew red in anger
"Callum" Ryder called out. "This is not the time!" He shot out
I moved closer to Frank who was trying his best not to fight me. "Tell me how it feels to lose the battle" I was in his face now.
"Step the fuck back Callum" Frank growled.
"Callum" Ryder called out again.
I was more than ready to take him down. Maybe it was his fault. He brought us here and this was the same place Liv was kidnapped
Or was it my fault? I ignored the signs I saw in Max, but what could I do, he was my brother. Maybe I shouldn't have taken my father's words about Max for granted
"If you don't__" Frank was cut short by hastened footsteps that made their way into where we all stood.
"Sir Frank there's something you need to know" a guard voiced out.
Frank walked away from me to the guard. "Spill it out Watson. What information is that?".
"I trailed her footprints but it disappeared at some point" the guard revealed.
"What do you mean by you trailed her footsteps?" Ryder asked.
"Come with me. There's something you need to see" the guard spoke up as we all followed him to know what he was talking about.
He leads us to the woods, deep in. My heart tore at the thought of Liv being attacked here, all alone. How many were they? Who were they? My blood boiled at the thought of it.
I was going to make them pay.
"This is the place" the guard declared.
I accessed the area, trying to find something that could help me at all. Looking at the leaves, my heart skipped at the sight of blood smeared on it.
I clenched my fist at the sight
What if she was dead?
I shook my head at the thought of that. If she died, I wouldn't be able to Live with myself for not protecting her.
"Callum you need to see this" Ryder spoke up holding up a piece of fabric
On getting to where he was, I took the fabric. I immediately knew it was a piece of Liv's dress and that was the dress she was wearing when I last saw her.
"They took her Callum" Ryder spoke, his voice shaking from anger.
"Just like I fucking suspected" Frank called out. He walked towards us with a seal in his hands. "That the dark moon seal"
I gritted my teeth in anger "It was Max, he left it behind so we would know he fucking took Liv" I declared.
"To rub it in our faces" Ryder clenched his jaw hard.
"We need to do something. Max is going to hurt her" Frank spoke up
"Just stay out of this fucker" I snapped at him
"Callum we need all the help we can get. We need to find her."
I sighed shaking my head as I slipped to the floor. I rummaged my hand through my hair as I thought of Max.
He was going down. I no longer cared if he was my brother or not
"Max asked for it and we will fucking give it to him. We are going to hasten our attack on the dark moon pack" I pronounced.
Not so long after saying that, I heard approaching footsteps. I turned to see a guard racing towards us in haste.
"Sir Frank there's something you need to see" the guard informed.
Frank shook his head. "Not now Philip"
"It has to do with Liv" the guard divulged, grasping all our attention. We all stared, hungry for information.
"What's that?" I desperately asked as the guard turned his back on us. We all trailed behind him and on getting in, the guard handed a note to me which had the dark moon seal. I opened it as my eyes dilated through the write-up.
I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING. ATTACK DARKMOON PACK AND LIV DIES
YOUR LOVELY brOTHER MAX