Kai POV
The tension in the car is thick. I can't stop growling at Alpha Kieran, knowing he has slept with my mate. Fang wants to tear him apart, but I am doing my best to keep my emotions in check. Kieran doesn't seem to be bothered by my mood. He actually seems amused by it. There is a stupid smirk on his face.
"They told me you were a hot head, but I wasn't expecting you to be so angry," Kieran laughs from the front seat.
Kaden shifts awkwardly in the driver's seat but doesn't say a word. I am seething in the backseat, and I swear I will kill him when this car stops. Growls rumble in my chest, and Kieran keeps laughing.
"I think Kai is a little uncomfortable with your previous relationship with our mate," Kaden finally says.
"So you've never had sex with anyone but Tish?" Kieran asks.
"We aren't saying that," Kaden says diplomatically. "We just never expected to have to come face to face with one of her lovers."
"Like Tish will have to face whoever he betrayed the bond with if she ever decides to return," Kieran smirks.
"Mind your fucking business," I snarl at him. "You don't even like Tish. Why are you here?"
"You are right," Kieran replies. "I don't like Tish. I find her selfish and annoying, but she is important to Mae, so she is important to me."
"She was real fucking important when you locked her in the trunk of your car," I hiss at him.
Kieran chuckles, and I have to sit on my hands to keep from ripping his throat out. "She told you about that?"
"She tells us everything," Kaden says through gritted teeth.
Kieran lets out a little humph as we pull into the bar's parking lot. Cedric is waiting for us outside, but Tish isn't with him. He is wringing his hands together nervously, and I just know he has done something fucking stupid.
Before the others have a chance to get out of the car, I spring from the back seat and ascend on Cedric with my wrath. My hand clenches around his neck, and I slam him against the wall. "Where is she?"
"Gone," he chokes out.
"What do you mean she is gone?" Alpha Kieran growls from behind me.
Glancing over my shoulder, I glare at Kieran. "Mind your fucking business," I remind him.
"I bought her a plane ticket to go back to the North Pack," Cedric is struggling to breathe. "She is in a car on her way to the airport."
"I was coming to get her," Alpha Kieran butts in. "Why would she leave on her own?"
"Because you locked her in the trunk of your car, you fucking lunatic," Kaden screams at him.
I am so taken aback by Kaden's outburst that I drop Cedric from my grasp. "Prove it," I command Cedric.
Cedric pulls out his phone and shows me the airline tickets he bought and the car he ordered to pick her up. "It's right here."
I flip through the app and see that the car made it to the airport, but something catches my eye. "Why did they stop on the highway?"
Cedric's eyebrows furrow together, and he looks at trip tracker. "I don't know."
"Did Tish call you when she got to the airport?" Kieran asks.
"No," Cedric admits. "She no longer has her phone. She didn't want to be tracked."
"She could be anywhere," Kaden yells at Cedric. "What were you thinking? You know she thought she was in danger from the recusants."
"I was just trying to help her," Cedric shouts back.
"Help her get kidnapped," I snarl at him.
"No," he snaps. "I was helping her get away from two mates who don't want her badly enough to fight for her."
"What do you know about mates?" I growl. "You are a bitter old man who never found his mate."
Cedric is grinding his teeth together so loudly that I know he is trying not to retaliate. His hazel eyes are glowing with anger. He wants to attack me.
"We are wasting time arguing," Alpha Kieran cuts through the tension. "We need to find out if she boarded that plane or not."
"How are we supposed to know that?" I snap at him.
"Don't you have contacts in law enforcement?" Kieran sounds exasperated.
Kaden and I share a glance. Our parents have contacts in law enforcement, but they don't trust us. We have caused a lot of trouble for the human world surrounding our pack. The human police chief always contacts our parents and complains about our actions.
Kieran growls and pulls out his phone. "Do I have to do fucking everything?"
He steps away and makes a phone call. I can see Kaden is trying to eavesdrop, but I am furious. I am furious with the whole situation and myself. I caused this. If I hadn't tried to sleep with Jessica, it is likely that Tish would have returned.
I am pacing back and forth in front of the bar, growling and mumbling to myself. Kaden and Cedric are both trying to give me space. They know how explosive my anger can be.
Kieran's phone call seems to be taking forever. The longer I go without knowing where Tish is, the more agitated I am becoming. Fang is going insane in my mind. He is trying to break free. He wants to find his mate.
Kieran ends his call and thrusts his phone back into his pocket. Kaden and I are waiting with bated breath to hear what he found out, but by the look on his face, I already know the answer.
"Tish didn't check in for her flight," he says. "She hasn't contacted Mae either."
Cedric drops to his knees, and tears are streaking down his face. I don't have the mental capacity to feel sorry for him. He did this. He put her in danger, and he will pay the consequences. As if Kaden is reading my thoughts, he pulls a pair of silver cuffs out of his back pocket. He pulls Cedric to his feet and cuffs his hands behind his back.
Cedric doesn't put up a fight. He knows his fate. He put the future Luna of his pack in danger. He doesn't say a word as Kaden puts him in the back of the car.
"What do we do now?" Kaden asks while slamming the door.
"I don't know about you, but I am going to find Tish," I reply.
"How do you plan on doing that?" Kieran grumbles.
"I am going to search for her scent," I reply.
Before Kieran or Kaden can talk me out of it, I shift into my wolf and head toward the highway.