Desired By Three Alphas; Fated To One novel Chapter 165

Chapter 165: The Dream

Nathan’s POV

"We’ve searched the records of three countries, Alpha... and none of them match the Oscar we’re looking for." Leo, my Beta and closest friend, delivered the words carefully, but they still hit me like a blade to the chest.

My jaw tightened. My frown deepened. "Then keep searching," I snapped, my voice low and sharp. "I don’t care how long it takes. I don’t care how far. Keep searching until you find him."

Leo bowed his head quickly. "Yes, Alpha." He hesitated then, shifting his weight before speaking again. "But... about the meeting in France. Are you still attending?"

The mention of it made my temples throb. My hand lifted, fingers pressing hard against my forehead. Work. Business. Alliances. All of it meant nothing to me right now. Not when Hailee was out there, alive. Not when I could still hear her voice every time I closed my eyes.

And yet... this project. France. It wasn’t something I could ignore. It was tied to the pack’s future, to everything I had spent years building.

I exhaled harshly, dragging my hand down my face. "Yes," I muttered at last, though every word tasted bitter. "Get the jet ready. We leave in an hour."

Leo gave a short nod, already moving to carry out the order.

The hour passed in a blur. I barely registered the servants moving in and out, packing what needed to be packed, arranging documents and files I didn’t care to glance at. My mind wasn’t in France. My mind wasn’t here.

It was with her.

By the time Leo returned to say the jet was ready, my body was running on instinct. I moved through the motions—out of the office, down the halls, into the car that carried us to the hangar. My wolf stirred beneath my skin, restless, angry, desperate.

The jet gleamed under the fading light, its engines humming low, ready for takeoff. I climbed the steps slowly, each one heavier than the last, as if I was not the one controlling my body.

Inside, the leather seats stretched wide and polished, the faint scent of fuel clinging to the air. I sank into one, my head tipping back, exhaustion clawing at me. For days I hadn’t slept properly, not since that call. And now, with the hum of the engine and the steady roll of the wheels along the runway, my eyelids finally dragged shut.

The hum of the engines faded as sleep dragged me deeper, and there she was again.

Hailee.

Her red hair was tangled, dirt streaking her cheeks, her eyes wide with terror. Chains cut into her wrists, dragging her to her knees. She looked thinner, weaker, but still so achingly beautiful it split me open.

"Help me, Nathan..." Her voice cracked like glass. "They’ll take us... they’ll take the boys."

The boys. A blur of small figures appeared behind her—three of them. They clung to her, their faces pale, their little eyes filled with fear that no child should ever carry.

And then shadows moved around them. Tall, pale, eyes glowing red. Vampires.

They grinned as they circled, weapons in hand, black charms glowing with a strange, poisonous light. My wolf snarled inside me, thrashing against the barrier of sleep.

"No—" I surged forward in the dream, my arms reaching out, my voice shattering in the darkness. "Don’t touch them! Don’t you fucking touch them!"

One of the vampires laughed, low and cruel. He bent toward Hailee, his breath ghosting across her ear as he hissed, "She belongs to us now."

Her sea-blue eyes locked on mine, scared and pained. "Nathan! Find us before it’s too late!"

The image flickered—fading, twisting. The boys were being pulled into a truck, Hailee screaming, her wrists bleeding against the chains. The vampires raised their weapons, their red eyes blazing in triumph—

"HAILEE!"

My roar ripped me awake.

My heart was still pounding long after the pilot’s announcement faded. I ran a trembling hand over my face, trying to steady my breath, but it was useless. Hailee’s voice echoed in my skull, each word like a knife carving into me. Find us before it’s too late. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

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