Chapter 96. I’ll Get to the Bottom of All This

Tristan

The void where I should have been able to feel Athena through our mate bond suddenly felt like it was consuming me from the inside out. It was like having a gaping hole in my chest where my heart should be, and the emptiness was driving me insane.

I couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t think. Couldn’t do anything except feel the crushing weight of my own failure.

“Tristan,” Orion said carefully, taking a step toward me. “We need to stay calm.”

Calm? How could I stay calm when my mate was missing and the man who had tortured her for two years might still be alive? How could I stay calm when my own beta had potentially lied to me about killing the bastard?

I felt my bones beginning to shift, my human form struggling to contain the rage and terror coursing through my system. My wolf was howling for blood, demanding that I find our mate and destroy anyone who had dared to touch her.

“Tristan, don’t,” Orion said sharply. “We’re in a human building