Chapter 21

Bowden

I stare death at Elias and Neil. “You lost her?” I ask, my tone low and dangerous. I’m so beyond fucking angry that I’m almost scaring myself. “How the hell did you manage to lose an entire person?”

“She went into the dressing room to try on the gown for the ceremony, and she never came back out,” Elias says.

“What about Clara? Where was she?”

“She went with her...to help…” Neil’s voice trails off when he looks up at me.

“Did I or did I not give instructions that she’s not to be alone with Clara?” I ask.

“You did, King, but-” Elias glances at Neil and shrugs -“I…there were only males and…she asked for privacy, and…” he stops talking and kicks at the edge of my area rug with his dusty shoe.

They were out all day yesterday and didn’t return last night. They only came back this morning when they realised they couldn’t track Kaiya down by themselves and they could no longer ignore my calls.

“Goddess, fuck, you incompetent morons,” I holler at them. I am very close to losing