Bonded By Destiny

Chapter 37

Full of errors

***Ryker***

I stood silently at the pack's natural burial grounds trying to face up to the old werewolf departure. The place was covered by white and yellow flower meadows, surrounded by trees. The serene scenery and the tranquil weather assuaged my inner poignant grief.

My mother embraced my mate as she let out plaintive sobs. Her shoulders shook with every cry that raked through her. She had done everything she could to help her stay alive, but finally the murderer finished his job. My arms itched to pull her to me but my beast and I understood that she needed girls' time.

The burial was long over, people had retreated back to their places and yet I remained behind, giving my mate the space to grieve. Yes she was safe in my mother's arms but I wasn't about to risk anything. Mimi had been murdered with a lethal dose of a silver dart, in my pack, a pack full of trained warriors.

Even as I swallowed the almost tangible sorrow that had been neutralised by the weather, something else unnerved me. I was guilty of dereliction of my duty as the alpha, for failing to protect and counter the attack against Mimi. I had long made a withdrawal of the guards I had temporarily placed around her place, only for the attacker to make a comeback.

'It's not your doing my friend. ' Jayson patted my shoulder once, one hand of his comfortably pocketed in his black slacks.

'Monica is still missing, taken under my leadership. Addanc comes in as he pleases, threatening my pack members as if I'm not the Alpha here. Mimi was murdered in my very own jurisdiction and yet I can't trace the killer. How the fuck are these occurrences not my fault? '

I was beginning to feel a strain on my abilities and efficacy. What was I doing wrong? There must have been some detail I was overlooking, however infinitesimal it was. Someone was really messing with me or in this matter, a number of people. They appeared to have every plan well written out and orchestrated with minimal blunders.

'Instead of blaming yourself, you should be focusing on how you are going to deal with this mountain of problems. ' I loved the forthright remarks my friend always made in situations like this.

'Assemble the best warriors, meet me in my office in the next 5 minutes. ' I mind linked Tamara, telling her that I would be at the office in case she needed anything. Up till now she had refused to talk about my eloping. She chose to mourn first, I knew she would be back to her normal self soon enough.

'Oh and make sure Theo doesn't know a thing about this meeting. '

'But why? '

'Just do as I say. ' He shrugged his shoulders before leaving with his eyebrows drawn up on the centre of his forehead.

The room next to my office had been refurbished and Mrs Kagwe was locked up in there. If my cousin and his father were playing me for a fool, then I would gladly follow along. I knew they would attempt to break her out. What I kept on asking myself is why would the three lie about Theo's kidnap? They had no idea that I was onto them and I didn't intend to allow them to catch on.

I had only one guard outside her cell. Uncle Pete was a sagacious man, if I left the place unguarded he would figure out that I had my suspicions. In a few minutes I was unlocking my office door with my men right behind me. No one bothered to sit down, waiting for me to address the matter at hand.

'Our searches have yielded no results whatsoever, except the blood trail about Addanc. ' My wolf kept alert, relishing in the nods that my men made.

'Our people are depending on us to keep them safe and yet we can't even guarantee them safety. ' The killer left no clue and the search for a scentless werewolf bore no fruits with nil leads We were simply stuck, with nothing to go by.