So yeah it's been a while since I've updated this story. There is really no excuse to my absence especially when I've started other fics but I just lost inspiration for this story which has recently came back to me. Hopefully you guys will still be there to read this but I understand why not. Please enjoy

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I'm headed straight for the castle

They wanna make me their queen

And there's an old man sitting on a throne

And saying that I probably shouldn't be so mean

I'm headed straight for the castle

-Halsey

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The next few weeks seemed to fly by and everybody seemed busy trying to find Maddy after the trail of her scent had faded and become old. Rydian was angry with this news and though he stayed with the Smiths for the first two weeks he became agitated until he just walked out one evening sending a text to Shannon the next day explaining that he is going to towns nearby to see if he can find any trace of her.

Rhydian wasn't the only one that had left the Smith's house. Myra had been thrown out of the home when Emma made an offhand comment about how her mother had treated Myra. Myra had slammed the book down that she was holding and turned to Emma.

"How about you stop with the snide comments and just say what you want to say?" Emma glared back at Myra and replied

"It's your fault, Madeline's gone. If you hadn't spoken to her about taking the alpha position, she wouldn't have run away" Myra's eyes began to turn golden as she replied

"You made her leave by keeping her in the dark. But if it's all my fault, fine I'll go" With that Myra turned and left, quickly grabbing an old necklace of Maddys' before Emma or Daniel could see.

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For Maddy the next few weeks found her wounds healing and Alaric's pack beginning to train her more in combat, something that her mother and father would be unable to handle teaching her. She had pressed for details about her attacker but Alaric had only told her that he would give her the details when she was physically and mentally ready to know them. To be kept in the dark was something that Maddy felt she was very much used to but it still angered her that yet another person was going to be treating her like a cub when she wasn't anymore. It wasn't until she had taken Meiner down and had her submitting that she even realised that Alaric was watching. He laughed at Meiners face before telling her to leave them. The other female wolf had snarled as she past Maddy before running from the male alpha. Alaric simply stared at Maddy before turning and leaving her alone.

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Shannon and Tom also spent the last few weeks searching through close towns for any clues or sightings that Maddy had been in the area. Most of the time Jana joined them, though the two humans were unsure of why she would choose to go with them and not go with Rhydian as it seemed that the female wolf preferred to follow the male wolf. Shannon was unsure of how Maddy would react to the news of Jana having a few strong feelings for Rhydian, but she knew it would be interesting to watch. Though Jana spent most of the time with Shannon and Tom, she was able to ditch them for periods of time and search the forest for her father's scent. She knew he had something to with this girl's disappearance but as long as he kept the girl away from Rhydian, she didn't care.

By chance, she managed to find her father and his beta wolves. Instead of approaching them Jana decided to climb a nearby tree and try to surprise her father by jumping down on them. Just as she was about to though she heard her name.

"Jana is still with the wolf and has been with him for a while. Your daughter isn't going to help us Alaric" Alaric smirked at this before replying

"We don't need her anymore. We can use this Maddy to bring him to us or to just end it completely. She will be able to complete this, she took you down Meiner" The female wolf growled before replying

"She's been trained well, that's all" Alaric laughed

"Don't be jealous now. She'll make a fine alpha" Jana's eyes widened at the comment. Had her father just replaced her as the next Alpha to some tame girl? She leapt down from the tree and began to make her way back into town. If her father was going to replace her, what was the point of following through with his plan? She didn't want to bring Rhydian to submit to her father if he was just going to take her pack from her.

"There you are" Jana jumped as she heard Tom's voice and looked up to see him near the outskirts of the trees.

"Did you need some time away from the village?" He asked. Jana nodded slightly

"Yeah, it got a bit crowded. I think we need to go and talk to Rhydian"

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Rhydian, Tom, Shannon and Jana met in a local café away from Maddy's parents. Jana began to rip the napkin in her hands into small pieces, not knowing how to begin the conversation. Rhydian watched her and could feel that his patience was beginning to fade. Shannon slowly took the napkin away from Jana and said gently

"Just say what you need to say" Jana looked up at her before replying

"It wasn't luck that I found you again Rhydian. My father sent me" Rhydian snarled gently before replying

"Why would Alaric send you to find me? I left his pack" Jana looked up at him and said softly

"He doesn't want you to leave. He wanted you to pledge your submission to him or for me to," He voice trailed at this and she looked down suddenly

"He wants you to kill me" Jana nodded her head, still not looking up at him.

"So why haven't you?" Jana looked up at Tom, who was staring intently at her. "You've had plenty of opportunities to do either option" Jana felt the tears coming and tried to hold them in

"I just can't do it. But now he's going to use Maddy. He's got her but I don't know where they are" Rhydian ran a hand through his hair roughly and sighed.

"So how are we going to find her and Alaric?"

"I can help" Rhydian, Jana, Tom and Shannon turned to see Myra standing behind them.

"I know I can find her. Give me a chance"