Chapter16:

''What do you mean she's missing?" Nicolai demanded, his voice laced with concern. "How can she be missing?" The maid, out of breath, hurried to stand before him. "Alpha, I'm so sorry. I checked on her as you instructed, but she didn't respond to my knock. When I entered her room, she was gone." Nicolai's eyes narrowed. "What did you do next?" "We searched everywhere, but she's nowhere to be found," the maid replied, her voice trembling. "That's when we called the beta." "Don't worry, Nic. We'll find her. I've sent some guards to go search for her. I would have gone with them, but I wanted to wait until you returned so I could tell you what happened." "I don't understand. Why would she want to leave? If she was having any issues she could have just talked to me about it. I just don't understand why she would want to leave." Nicolai ran his hand through his hair in frustration. He was so worried about Jasmine and her safety. "Was she having any troubles? Did anyone do anything to her wh