Three Fated Hearts by LNC

~Tia~

I move around; the sun is starting to shine in the room. I groan, feeling sore and cold. My head is hurting, and Andricia is silent. I move my left hand, and it hits something hard. I turn my head, and Landon is sleeping next to me. “That hurt a bit.”

“I'm sorry.” I turn to the right, and the bed is empty and cold. That's when it hits me; everything that happened last night hits me, and I'm sad. My mate, my Lincoln, is missing. I feel like a piece of me is missing, and I don't know what to do.

“We will find him. I feel incomplete as well.” I sigh and snuggle into Landon as he holds me tight. I didn't even change last night, but I'm only in my bra and panties. Landon must have taken my dress off. He is so sweet and would definitely do something like that. I can feel my emotions taking over, but I dont want to spend the morning crying. I need to figure out how to find my man.

Landon jerks up, causing me to tumble off of him. Thank Goddess, I sleep in the middle, or I would have hurt myself. “What the hell, Landon?!" His eyes are clouded over. When they focus again, he whips his head to me.

When I asked what she wanted, I could feel the unease through the mate bond. I'm sure that Tia worries about what Adela will request, and I can't blame her. I should have banished her a while ago, but she hadn't don't anything wrong......that we knew of. If we had known about her attack on Tia, I could have handled her a lot differently. I refuse to let her ruin the good thing I have.

Adela’s face gives nothing away as she continues to stare at me. I may have to get physical with her if this lasts much longer. She finally clears her throat and closes her eyes. When she opens them again, she actually looks sad and scared. I have no idea what that's about, but I put nothing past her; it could all be a game.

“Aida....she’s not well. I'm not sure what's going on with her, but she hasn't been right for a while now. I just....."” Adela sighs. I can feel fear, and is that....regret through the bond, but I don't know what that would be about. “Aida has him and they aren't far from here. She plans to take him away tonight for good. She's under the impression that daddy's watch is going to make him forget his mate. I don't know,” Adela shakes her head. “As I said, she isn't well. I just ask.....I just want.....please, please don't hurt her. Let her get the help she needs; send her to a mental hospital. Just don't kill her, please.”

Tia wraps her arm around me and squeezes me. If she kidnaps the Alpha of the pack, she deserves death. Her mental health status is of no concern. The feeling of regret gets stronger through the bond and is mixed with pain and sadness. I will need to talk to Tia about what that means.

Before I can respond to Adela, Tia speaks. “If that is all you ask, we will do that. I promise that Aida will have no harm come to her. We can contact the elders about putting her in a facility. They probably know somewhere she can go.” What the f**k?! Why does Tia agree to this? I can't even fix my mouth to speak on it. So what that that's her sister; she committed a crime.

Tia turns and starts to walk back to the packhouse. “Get the information from Adela and then meet me in my office. I want to leave once we have a plan. I want to get Lincoln back. Don't hurt Adela, but she is to be put in the cells.” I look at Adela, and I notice tears falling down her face.

“Thank you.”

"Don't be so quick to thank me. You owe Tia your gratitude, not me.” I turn and hurry after my mate. I grab her arm before she touches the door and spin her around. “What the hell, Tia? How could you just give into her like that? Your sister took Lincoln! She committed a crime and the punishment for that is death. You know that. I know she's your sister, but—" I stop talking when I hear a sob come from Tia. She has tears falling down her face, and her head is down. I gently lift her head so she can look at me.

“If Aida is meant to be put to death for this, then you have to kill me as well.”