A Gamma's Revenge by Ylyanah

Chapter 258 Strained Roan Finished Another Full Moon has passed and again I am left empty handed. I am happy for the people aroundthat did find their Mate, but I am slowly losing hope on ever finding my fated Mate and the only reason I haven't given up just yet has to do with my Lycan. Smoke hates it when my thoughts start to wander towards a chosen Mate and he makes it very known that he will never accept a chosen Mate, to the point where he leaveswith a huge headache.

I still don't understand why it is taking so long forand Casimir to find our fated Mate, but I guess the Goddess has her reasons. I know that in scases it takes decades before a male or female finds their fated Mate, but it doesn't mean I have to like it and I know Casimir doesn't like it either. Neither one of us is eager to take over from our Fathers, but we would like to have what our Parents had and after two decades of waiting it is becoming harder to keep hope.

My parents were fated Mates and I Wessed every day how happy they were, but I also found out quickly that my Mother was superficial. Appearances were everything to her and she would have been surprised to find out that Jaylen's Mate accepts his Pups whole heartedly, that she will never ask Jaylen to chose between her and his Pups. I think it is safe to say that she will kick his ass if he ever puts her before his Pups and I will enjoy watching that.

That is the only good thing this Full Moon has given us closure for Jaylen, he did find his fated Mate and one that can kick his ass if he becomes too annoying. Morgan had proven herself over and over again as a Commander in the King's Army and she is my best friend's Mate, our future Royal Gamma female. She is what he needed in his life and I can't wait for the day she moves to the Palace, she will make a few people around here regret that Jaylen found his Mare.

Today I will have my meals in the Royal Wing, I am not interested in seeing newly mated couples or females that will try to get my attention, I just want speace and quiet today. Casimir is sitting next toas he is reading through the news on his tablet, neither one of us is in the mood of talking and even our Servants are smart enough to cand go without saying a word.

"WHAT THE FUCK" Casimir roars as he jumps out of his seat and I turn his tablet towardsto see what has him so agitated. "Future Royal Gamma has finally chosen a Mate, Jo-Anna Crics will becthe future Royal Gamma female. The headline of an article reads and Smoke is growling in my head as I read through the article, this has to be Kate's doing I think to myself. Kate is the only one that would back up this story, no one else in the Palace would be stupid enough to support this.

By the tI am done reading the article I see that we are no longer alone and I quickly tell them what has Casimir so damn upset. Dad, Kieran and Damon all release a mighty roar and I hope that Jo-Anna is smart enough to recant this statement from the news sites our there, if she doesn't she will have crossed a line for the last twith the King. Which will result in Damon kicking her out of the Palace and he might decide. to send her back to her birth Pack with a ban from our territory.

"Dad, lets go find Jo-Anna. I think it is tshe finds out that her connection to us will not protect her." 1 say as I get out of my seat and Dad followsout of the dining room, leaving Damon and Kieran behind to calm down Casimir. We walk down the hall to the Quest Wing of the Palace to find Jo-Anna, my best guess is that she is in her own Quarters and I hope we can convince her to recant the statement. If she refuses she will have to answer to King Damon and he will make this a public trial to set an example.

On our way to Jo-Anna's Quarters we pass one of Casimir's Warriors and without asking anything he starts followingand Dad, a small smile appearing on his face when he sees that we are heading to the Quest Wing. Normally this wing only gets used when we have guests, but King Damon offered Jo-Anna one of the Quarters when she started to visit us on a regular basis and I know he regrets ever offering.

1/3 Chapter 258 Strained Finished I wouldn't surpriseif Mom had something to do with the offer Damon made, but I don't understand how she could have persuaded Damon to make that offer. Damon isn't known for his generosity towards strangers and Jo- Anna was just that to Damon, so someone must have put the idea into his head somehow. My Mother was a conniving female, more conniving than most realized and I believe I am the only one that ever figured out all the things she did.

"Jo-Anna." Dad calls out as we enter her Quarters, but there is no response to his calling her nand we start to check every room in her Quarters to cup empty. Dad askswhere she might be as the door to her Quarters open and the rest of Casimir's Warriors walk in, "Search every room in the Palace, search the gardens and call in all the help you need. I want my Sister found." Dad growls and the Warriors run out the door without asking questions.

I walk into her bedroom to check her closet, she might have gone on a little trip. I open the door to see her suitcases in a comer and I know she will show up soon, probably trying to order sof the Servants around. As I turn around to walk out of the closet my eyes land on a clothing bag that is hanging behind the door and when I see the nof a high end designer on the right I know what I will find in there, a dress for her Ceremony.

A Pack only has a Ceremony when the future Alpha takes over from his Father, but for the Royal Pack there are other rules. Our Mates get presented to the world after we have marked them and that happens during a Ceremony with the Alpha and Luna of every Pack in our Kingdom in attendance, something I think Morgan will truly hate.

I pull the zipper of the clothing bag down and I am not sure if I should scream on the top of my lungs or to laugh my ass off. I doubt there is enough fabric in there to classify it as a dress and I know that Jo-Anna believes the dress is considered classy and sophisticated, in my opinion it screams rather vulgar names for a female. It is a dress very inappropriate for the Ceremony for the Royal Beta or Gamma female or for the future ones.

I hear someone gagging next toand I see that Dads staring at the dress, he looks really disgusted at the piece of fabric hanging in the clothing bag, "Found anything useful?" I ask him as we walk out of her bedroom, but as I suspected he didn't find anything either and I hope one of the Warriors will find her in the gardens or something. If she isn't on Palace grounds and we can't stop this item from being in the news for to long, there will be hell to pay for someone.

Dad and I decided to check our floor in the Royal Wing but as we suspected she isn't there either and after we have searched the entire Royal Wing I have a very agitated Lycan in my head. We have been unable to find a trace of Jo-Anna and so far none of the Warriors has found a lead on where she might be. The Palace was searched from top to bottom without any luck and now they are searching Palace grounds with the help of as many Wolves and Lycans that live here.

We tried linking her, we tried calling her and the longer it takes before we get a hold of her the worse it will be for Jo-Anna. Casimir has finally settled down a bit, but if just a small thing goes sideways he will explode and there is no doubt in my mind that Vlad, his Lycan, will go ona rampage. Vlad hates Jo-Anna for trying to poison him and to get Casimir to mark her as his Mate, but luckily the dosage had been to low for Vlad to be knocked out.

The only problem is that we could never proof it was Jo-Anna that gave Casimir the poison and she has. my Mother to thank for that, because my Mother gave her an alibi for the tthis-took place. It didn't stop Damon from cranking up security and my job beca bit bigger because Jaylen was already at Commander in the King's Army. He offered to resign his commission but I stopped him, he is a damn good Commander and I can handle the extra workload The Servants have a buffet set up in the kitchen for anyone that needs a bite to eat and most just grab something to cat on the go, I watch as one after the other Pack-member rushes back outside to continue 2/3 22-38 Fri Chapter 258 Strained Finished

their search for Jo-Anna. Everyone keeps searching during lunch and every ta section of the territory gets cleared my heart stops beating for a second, I hate hat we can't find a trace of her anywhere.

We have just walked into Damon's office when there is a determined knocking on the door, a Warrior opens the door without waiting for a response and he looks rather distraught. A She-wolf I recognize as one of Thora's teachers is right behind him and I hold my breath as the Warrior says that Dad's SUV is missing from the car-park, but it is the news the teacher brings that has the windows in the Palace shaking.

Dalton and Thora never showed up to school and with the news article she figured they stayed hto celebrate, it wasn't wasn't unti Done of the other student's sa said there was a search going on for Jo-Anna that she felt something was wrong. "I am sorry for not questioning their absence sooner, Your Majesty." She mumbles. with her head bowed and her eyes strained to the floor 902