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Chapter 119 I’m Coming

CADE

I didn’t waste any time answering him right baway/b.

“Arden is missing. I brevealed/b. “I think she might be in the South.”

There was a long bpause /bon the other bend /bof the line.

Of course, I knew that Rowan had some kind of feelings for Arden in the past. I wasn’t too intimidated because I bknew /bhis feelings were shallow. Rowan truly never settled down. Arden must have shown him the kindness he was craving, so he caved in a little bit.

Just then, Rowan scoffed. “Why should I? She’s your mate, isn’t bshe/b? Maybe she ran away from you out of

fear.”

I clicked my tongue and shook my head. “Winters is involved.”

That shut him up.

“I think this might be what we need to overturn him.” I added. “However, I’m afraid btime /bis also our enemy. So, I need your help.”

For a while, nothing but silence passed between us. I knew Rowan–better than I wanted to admit. He wasn’t a man who acted on impulse, no matter how hot–headed he appeared.

He was always strategizing and weighing oues, like his next move was a chessboard, and he had ten steps nned ahead.

I could almost hear the gears turning in his head, the conflict and resistance. He didn’t want to get involved at least not for me. So I pulled thest card I had.

“I think Tessa’s with her.”

A low growl vibrated across the phone.

Bingo.

I leaned ba

against the seat, watching the woods blur by as we drove deeper into the outskirts of the North, heading toward the South. The light on Bethany’s glowing ne was starting to deepen a faint green pulsing steadily. We were getting closer.

“You’re lying,” Rowan muttered, but his voice didn’t have the bite it should’ve had. It was empty.

“I wish I were,” I said. “I heard from Owen that she might be investigating Winters on her own. She’s been bmissing /bbsince /bthe afternoon. If Arden found out–if she thought Tessa was in danger–you know damn well she wouldn’t sit still.”

Silence followed again before he spoke with hostility.

“How does that concern bme/b?” he snapped.

Chapter 119 bI’m /bComing

“Just help me, man,” I said, dropping the edge from my voice. I’ll return the favor when the timees

Another pause followed, making me impatient.

“Fuck,” he finally muttered under his breath. “I’ll be there.”

I smirked band /bended the call before he could change his mind.

Beside me, Bethany was breathing heavier. Still, she was alert, clutching the ne in her palm.

“bRowan /bWremmoor?” she asked, ncing at me once.

I nodded, pulling the steering wheel slightly as we turned into a narrower, darker road. “Yeah.”

“I guess it’s true then,” she murmured. “The True Alphas have some separation.”

I huffed out a humorlessugh. “Can you me us? It’s how we were conditioned. Raised to fight, not to unite.

“Weakness,” she said in an using tone. “Divide and conquer works even in your own ranks.”

“We’re not enemies,” I said, “but we’re not friends either.”

Bethany didn’t respond. Instead, she focused on the green–glowing stone with a haunted expression, her fingers trembling around it. It was clear she cared very deeply for Arden.

“And what’s his deal with this Tessa girl you’re talking about?” Bethany asked, eyes still glued to the stone. I strike up a conversation to hide her nervousness, could tell she was trying ito /i

I guess I needed it too.

I let out a small chuckle. “Let’s just say… he’ll probably have bhis /bown storyler on.”

Bethany frowned in confusion, and I shook my head, smiling to myself.

“But for now,” I whispered, tightening my grip on the wheel, “this is mineb./b”

The green light intensified slightly, casting a glow inside the car.

We were close.

Too close for it to be anything else.

I could feel it in my chest–the tight pull, the rising pressure in my lungs. Not just because she was my mate. Not just because of some bond.

Because she was Arden.

And I would burn the whole damn world if it meant bringing her home.

The road ahead narrowed into cracked, forgotten concrete. Shadows filtered through the canopy above, falling bover /bthe windshield. But my focus wasn’t on the road

It was on the glow.

Chapter 119 bI’m /bComing

The ne in Bethany’s frail grip was now unmistakably green–no longer faint or pulsing zin It had been lit from within.

We were closer than we’d ever been.

I gripped the wheel tighter, my knuckles whitening. My heart was beating too fast, hammering behind my ribs like it wanted out.

“Almost there,” I muttered under my breath, though I wasn’t sure if it was to Bethany or myself.

The terrain was familiar now–deceptively familiar. I had been here before, and that was when it clickedb. /bThis was Southern Territory, but due to itsrge size, it felt more like an unimednd. It felt like bprivate /bproperty.

Just then, I heard the faint sound of ake from a distance, and even in the dark, I finally recognized bit /bThis ce was where Arden and I were lost and found Mr. Winters‘ cabin.

So, there could only be one ce where she could be. Winters must think he was smart, but there were always cracks amidst each n.

He didn’t know that we had already found his hideout.

“Wait for me, baby,” I whispered. “I’ming

I knew she was bscared/b.

bAnd /bI was going to make damn sure this ended tonight.