The Lycan King’s Mark (Nevara) by Tiffanie L. Campbell novel Chapter 69

69–No Stone Left Standing

Chapter 69 – No Stone Left Standing

Thoren

Two weeks.

Fourteen days since Nevara vanished into the forest and didn’t come back.

I stood in the war room with my hands braced against the table, eyes fixed on the map beneath the

pins marked every town and city within a three–hour radius of Silvercrest. Gold pins marked the san radius around my own kingdom.

Every single one had been searched.

Inns. Private residences. Warehouses. Rentals. Safehouses. Borders. Markets. Checkpoints.

Nothing.

Which told me exactly what I needed to know.

Tobias wasn’t hiding in plain sight.

“He hasn’t returned to Silvercrest,” I said flatly.

Kael stood at attention across the table. “No, Your Majesty. Our scout confirmed it again this morning

absence hasn’t gone unnoticed, but the pack is keeping quiet.”

“Of course they are,” I said. “Because they know he took her.”

Michelle stood to my right, arms crossed, gaze moving over the map with the same intensity as mine.

“He didn’t take her far,” I continued. “Not yet. He wouldn’t risk moving her long distances while she’s

compromised.”

Compromised.

I didn’t say drugged, but that was exactly what I meant.

Wolfsbane. Enough to suppress her wolf. Enough to slow healing. Enough to keep her weak.

Enough to keep her trapped.

“He planned this,” I said. “He had time. He had access. And he disappeared the moment he took her.”

Kael nodded. “Which means he’s somewhere he believes is secure.”

“I want to expand the radius,” I said, already reaching for another marker “Five hours out. Maybe more.”

Michelle’s voice cut in–not sharp, not soft. Controlled.

“Not yet.”

I turned to her slowly.

I wouldn’t stop at taking her bac

I would make sure Tobias never had the chance to playing w

“You need to eat, Michelle said soddenly

i didn’t look at her. “VI eat when i find hay”

She stepped closer “Yos/vs lost w

That got my attention

“I swear,” she continued, voice firm now, “poof is probaby Mean A

“I’m fine.”

now,“job

“You’re not” she said. “You’re running on rags and soronatine, That we

“I don’t need it to”

She moved into my line of sight. “You won’t be any good to her if you fee

The words hit harder than I expected

“I’ll be fine, I repeated, though my voice lacked its earlier bits.

“At least drink something” she said, “Hydration, Plesse

I didn’t answer.

“I’ll make the tea” she added before I could refuse. “Don’t go anywher

She left the room,

I turned back to the window, watching the training grounds below Soldiers moved in dean formations Scouts mounted and dismounted. The kingdom kept breathing even while my world band

I should’ve been out there.

Instead, I was waiting.

Minutes passed.

When Michelle returned, she held two mugs Stearn curled upward, carrying the faint if herba

“Here,” she said, handing one to me. “Drink”

I took it without comment and raised it to my lips, eyes still fed on the horizon

The tea was warm. Bitter Farmiliar

I swallowed, I drank the entire mug I didn’t realize how thirty I actually was

Within moments of finishing, something fell off

The room tilted slightly. I frowned and shifted my weight. Bad idea

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