Chapter 276
276 The Pack in Turmoil
Third Person POV
Aubrey’s disappearance threw the entire Shadowmoon Pack into chaos.
Alpha Henry searched like a man possessed. In just a few days, the entire pack’s territory was turned upside
down.
“Henry, what on earth is going on? How could Aubrey just vanish like that?!”
Adelyn was frantic. To her, Aubrey was like a daughter, cherished beyond measure.
Henry was on the phone, bloodshot eyes blazing, voice sharp with fury.
“She disappeared there, how could you not find her? If she’s not there, expand the search! Keep looking until you do!”
Snapping the call closed, Henry turned to Adelyn, shaking his head helplessly. “I don’t know…” Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ ƒindNoᴠᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access s of novels early and in the highest quality.
Adelyn thought for a moment. “I’ll call Jax. Maybe he knows something.”
But Aubrey hadn’t gone to Jax either. When he arrived, his face was as stricken as theirs.
“What happened? How could Aubrey suddenly be gone?!”
Adelyn’s expression twisted with worry. “We don’t know either. Henry tried to give Aubrey a gift, but the moment she saw it, she lost control and ran…”
Hearing this, Henry’s expression darkened further. No matter how he turned it over in his mind, he couldn’t understand why that place had triggered her. It was Miguel family land–his grandfather’s estate- sealed off from the world. Aubrey had never been there before.
“So what now? She hasn’t come to me either. You know her emotions were always fragile…” Jax paced like a caged animal. Then, suddenly, he froze, as though struck by a thought.
“Wait! Aubrey has a psychological disorder!”
“A psychological disorder?”
Henry’s sharp gaze cut to him, so piercing that Jax faltered, his mind going blank. It took him a long moment to gather his thoughts.
“Yes… yes, something in her mind isn’t right,” he stammered. “She was fine before, but about a year and a half ago–remember when the Miguel family hosted that small banquet? The night you had her examined to prove her purity? From that day on, she changed. Before, she was obedient and gentle. But after that night–after those two people… I think they must have frightened her–her temperament completely shifted.”
“Why didn’t you say something sooner?!” Adelyn cried, her heart aching. To think that Aubrey had suffered all this time, and she hadn’t even/known!
“I thought I did…” Jax frowned uncertainly. “But later, she seemed… normal enough. We just grew used to her new personality. Still, maybe something this time triggered her again….”
Henry forced himself to calm, his eyes lowering in thought. He couldn’t make sense of it. The words Aubrey
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had left behind were strange, almost as if she had lived through something he knew nothing about.
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And come to think of it, he had felt this before–the sense that Aubrey carried secrets she never shared. He had respected her privacy, never pressing. But now, those secrets had exploded out.
“Whether it’s a psychological disorder or something else,” Henry said at last, voice rough with exhaustion, “all I care about is finding her.”
He rubbed his brow, drained. “Mother, contact the best psychological healer you can find.”
“Yes…” Adelyn’s face was lined with worry. Thinking of how Aubrey must have been suffering all this time- yet still managed everything for Henry with such care–made her chest ache. Aubrey had given them everything, while they had failed her, noticing her pain far too late.
Soon, word spread across the Shadowmoon Pack. The Miguel family sent out notice: whoever could- provide information on Aubrey’s whereabouts could name any price they wished.
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