Find Him

[Ashlynd]

“Mother, it didn’t work, it always works!”

My mother winces as she listens to my continued whining about losing the Alpha this afternoon due to my stupidity. We are standing in the parking lot where Slate disappeared two hours ago. She is trying to be patient as she listens to me, but I can also see the throbbing vein in her forehead signaling that she is inwardly annoyed, even if she isn’t expressing it outwardly.

“So tell me again, slowly, and in a clear voice, what happened…exactly.” Mother asks calmly, her voice steady and low, not revealing even the smallest hint of irritation. “What happened before you entered the elevator?

“They were almost kissing!” I shout. She glares at me and I lower my eyes and my voice. “I caught them in time, but their lips were so close.”

“Would it have been their first time?” I can see her cataloging details, as she tries to make sense of what occurred. “Do you know why they were kissing this time?”

“He kissed her quickly once before,