Chapter 51. Detect Nic's Scent

Zara's POV

"Try Beta Ronan again!" I said to Levi as I paced our living room.

"Zara, this was already the eleventh call," he remarked. "He is not picking up his phone."

"Try Nic's number again," I said, growing increasingly agitated.

Levi sighed, but he followed my instructions. A moment later, he shook his head in frustration.

"The call goes straight to voicemail," he said in response.

What the hell happened? Why did nobody pick up our calls? Not even Nic's secretary was answering the calls.

I gasped as another surge of heat swept through my body. It was getting worse. Was it the mate bond warning me that Nic was in trouble?

"Zara, you do not look so good," Levi said, setting his phone down on the table. "Perhaps you need to go get some rest. I will keep on trying."

"I just can't understand it," I said, feeling as if all the life was slowly being drained out of me. "You had a conversation with Beta Ronan this mo