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I was starting to get overwhelmed by my worries.

I couldn't afford Bella to go through another trauma. She was just healing from the loss of her mother.

I tried running to the direction the masked men had vanished into but Lewan's strong hands held me captive.

"Lady Nayla, don't worry. Alpha Verin will get her back but you need to be calm. I have received orders from the Alpha that we should return to Yvan" he told me but my mind was still running like a headless chicken.

"But Bella"

"She will be fine, My Lady"

We went back to the carriage and started hurrying back to Yvan kingdom.

I was peeking my head out the windows every minute to see if I might find anything that can lead me to Bella. But what happened next send shivers down my spine.

I was horror-stricken when a piece of Bella's skirt was thrown on my face by the wind.

It was a piece of Bella's skirt and it was stained with blood.

My buffeting heart increased in its race. What if... What if they had hurt her.

"No!" I shook my he