(Kael POV)
I look at my parents in disbelief. "What do you mean that you do not know where Astrid is? I thought you sealed the borders after Astrid left the hall?"
"We did, Son. And we sent guards out looking for her. There was no trace of her. They looked everywhere."
"How can that be, Father? You saw how injured she was! She had a broken leg and a broken arm. She was literally limping as she left the event hall, and she had the rejection to deal with on top of all of that. She doesn't even have a wolf! How far could she possibly have gotten?"
"I do not know what to tell you, Son. We tried to find her, but we could not," my father said sadly.
"How long did you look?" I asked accusingly.
My father looked away. An Alpha never looks away from an uncomfortable conversation, which means the answer really bothers him… and which means that the answer is going to really shock and offend me.
"Two days."
