Chasing His Scentless Mate (Caroline) novel Chapter 173

Chapter 173: Chapter 173 Caroline is Missing Too

Draven’s POV

After giving my warriors orders to bring in the Howard couple, I stayed on the terrace with Ryan for a while. The weight of everything happening pressed down on me, but I couldn’t allow myself to break. Not when Caroline and Liam needed me to be strong.

"We’ll find them," Ryan assured me, his hand on my shoulder. My beta had been my rock through this nightmare, but even his steady presence couldn’t calm the rage of my wolf Alaric.

"I need to check on Caroline," I finally said. "She was devastated earlier."

Ryan nodded. "She’s stronger than she looks, but this would break any mother."

We headed back inside the pack house. Pack members were busy working with local police to coordinate the search. I went to the room where Caroline had been staying with her mother and Eleanor, but when I opened the door, I only found Lena and Eleanor’s mother inside.

"Where’s Caroline?" I asked, confused.

Eleanor looked up from her phone, frowning. "What do you mean? She told us she was going to spend time with you."

A cold dread settled in my stomach. "She’s not with me, and she wasn’t in my office or at command central. Where is she?" I growled, my eyes flashing as Alaric pushed forward.

"Calm down, Draven, she might have just gone to get some air," Eleanor suggested, though the worry in her eyes showed through her calm tone. Everyone immediately spread out, searching the pack house for any sign of her.

"Leo, have you seen Caroline?" I asked when I reached the security desk.

"Sorry, Alpha, but I haven’t. It’s been chaos here with all the authorities coming in and out," he replied, looking concerned. "Is something wrong?"

"I can’t find her." The words felt like acid on my tongue. Ryan appeared behind me, his expression grim.

"The emergency exit door on the east side is unlocked."

"No, no, no." My blood ran cold. "If she left through there, this isn’t good." I strode rapidly toward the security room. "Leo, pull up the security footage from the emergency exit now!"

The footage showed Caroline entering the stairwell, looking tense as she went down. Leo knew what I wanted to see and quickly switched between cameras. When she got into the elevator, we saw she was on her phone. She got off on the first floor and left the building. The outside camera showed her walking until she disappeared from view.

Damn it, Caroline! What were you thinking? My calm vanished, and rage took its place. Alaric howled inside me, desperate to break free and hunt. Ryan took charge when he saw I was on the edge of losing control.

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