Chapter 3 Feeling disappointed

(Nicholas)

"What do you mean, she's gone!?" I shouted at the guard who came to deliver the bad news. I had no idea what could have scared my mate so bad that she took off running. I made sure to give her own space, the best room in the castle so that she could be comfortable.

Then, I went to the kitchen and spoke to some omegas about making a special breakfast for her. When she woke up, she could have something decent to eat. I wasn't that of a bad guy, so I have no idea why she would run the moment she woke up.

I even spoke to her family about being her mate! Told them that she was going to be staying with me from now on and that they were welcome to stay here as well. I wanted to make a good impression, but the little she devil ran, leaving me sulking and wondering what was going on.

"I have no idea how she was able to leave, your highness. But, the guards at the gate told me that she rode off on one of your motorcycles." Hmm, I didn't even care that she took my bike, since whatever I have now belonged to her. Sighing, I shook my head and ran my hand through my hair. I have to find her, though, and bring her back, even if she puts up a fight.

"Tell Cedric that I want to see him in the meeting room. I would like to locate her as soon as possible." The guard nodded his head and left to do my bidding. I sighed once again, but I couldn't believe that she had left like that. Anyone would be lucky to be in my presence. Just yesterday, at the ceremony, I received fifty phone numbers from both men and women who wanted to be with me.

If I were a man whore, I would definitely call those women. I wasn't gay nor bi, so I burnt the numbers that I got from the men.

I'm now in the meeting room, waiting for Cedric to come. He's a huge black guy with muscles going on for miles, the only thing that was a throw off was the beard, hated that shit. I spoke to him constantly about getting rid of it, but he said that his mate loves it, so he doesn't have any other choice but to keep it.

"Sorry I'm late, your highness, I was busy..." I held my hand up, cutting him off.

"I can smell your scent to know exactly what you were busy with, Cedric, so there's no need to explain. Just show me the footage of how my mate escaped." He nodded his head and smirked, while sitting down in a seat opposite mine.

He turned his laptop to me and showed me a video of her opening her room door.

"As you can see, she got lost and asked for help. Phillipe and Cyrus are to be blamed. They helped her escaped, but I can tell that they didn't want to do it, if they were being forced to comply." I scowled as I watched the jackass's making their way towards the garage. It seemed as if they were slowing down a bit, but she somehow figured out their ploy and grabbed a key.

My breath itched when she got on the bike and started it. Damn, she's so sexy.

"I'm going to talk to them and Cedric? Please gather any information you can about her whereabouts and which pack she's from. I want to find her soon." After he left, I sent a mind link to my stupid guards, telling them to meet me here. I couldn't believe that they allowed her to leave just like that. What were they thinking?

It didn't take long for them to arrive, one look at me, and they could tell that I was angry. Who wouldn't be?

"I have seen evidence of you two assisting my mate, what are the reasons for you doing so?" I asked, the sound of my voice taking on an intimidated edge to it. They shivered when they realized that I wasn't pleased with their work.

"Alpha King Nicholas, we can explain. We made a mistake and called her a peasant, and she didn't like it, so she demanded that we help her if we didn't want her to tell you." Rolling my eyes, I sighed at how stupid these two were. What kind of training did they receive to bring out such idiotic behavior?

"I'm disappointed in you two. You knew that there were cameras all over, yet you acted stupidly because you didn't want her to tell me? Mistakes can happen, you know? It wouldn't matter to me if you called her a peasant. What mattered the most, was that you two should have sent me a mind link, letting me know that she was escaping instead of helping her to get away!" My temper began to flare when my wolf Ajax started to fight for control. He wanted very much to take over and snap their heads clean from their necks, but I couldn't allow that to happen, even if I wanted it to.

"Jackass's, you two are nothing but jackass's! If it was any other guards, I'm sure they would have done differently." Well, that wasn't true. In the video, I could see the guards at the gate opening it for her and letting her leave. Every so often I wondered if they were always stupid, or my mate just brought it out in them.

"As for your punishment, you are to assist Cedric in finding her and her family. Bring them here when you do, failure to do so will bring you twenty lashes each. Starting today, you two are relieved from your guard duties." I could tell that they were about to cry, but that's their business, not mine.

If my mate thought that she would run from me, she thought wrong. I won't stop until she's right back where she belongs.