<h4>Chapter 135: The Broken Vow</h4>


    (Author’s POV)


    The on-duty staff told him the whole story while being a sobbing mess herself. She was immensely guilt stricken as she narrated the whole thing. When Matthew looked at all the children in their tiny cribs and checked only three had no name card on it and no one had Sara’s name on, his mind swirled. He instantly came to the realization that out of the two missing girls, one was Sara’s child. ric too understood was had happened. He seethed with anger.


    Then he growled and barked his orders, "Find the traffickers and the missing babies now. You have fifteen minutes." Although, ric was just a five year old but his aura was too intense to ignore. They were intimidated by him.


    He didn’t tell them that one of the missing children was his own little sibling, but it was not a secret that Sara had given birth at their hospital. By his reaction, they could already guess what had happened and who the missing child was.


    So, all the security personnels rushed to follow his orders instantly. While him and Matthew went to check the security cameras. He was an active kid and fuming by this urrence. He said to Matthew, "If anything happens to my sister, no one will be left unscathed in this ce."


    Matthew assured him, "We will find the kids young Alpha." But inwardly he was ming himself for this for such big error. He didn’t expect that such a thing will happen. It didn’t feel like a coincidence to him but rather a well-made n.


    They reached the security department where two guards were already busy watching the footage when Matthew and ric entered. "Any findings?" Matthew questioned.


    The got up from there seats immediately, bowed and answered with caution, "No~ not yet, Beta Matthew."


    "Step aside," Matthew pushed them and took their ce. He looked at all the footages and asked with frustration, "Where is the CCTV footage of NICU? Why can’t I see it anywhere?"


    The guards gulped in nervousness as he looked at them with a scrutinizing expression, "I AM ASKING YOU SOMETHING DAMMIT. ANSWER," Matthew shouted agitatedly.


    "Bet~ Beta Matthew, the camera~ the camera inside and outside the NICU was not working," one of the guards told him nervously. His face was lowered as he couldn’t meet Matthew’s stern and livid face.


    "Not working?" Matthew grabbed the guard by his shoulder as he dug his nails into his shoulder de, "What load of shit?"


    He jerked the guard as the guardnded on the tiled floor with a loud thud. He was shivering profusely. Matthew roared to the other guard, "Search for every possible entry way and exit." The other guard started searching the footages while his hands trembled and he was on the verge of crying.


    Suddenly, ric with his prating gaze barked as he pointed to the screen, "Zoom this one."


    The guard did as he was told and erged the video. In the footage, two men were jogging with a fully covered jute basket in hand. They seemed nervous as they disappeared near where the emergency stairs were. The footage showed the video was taken ten minutes ago.


    "Is this it?" Matthew asked angrily.


    "Ye~ Yes Beta, Beta Matthew. There are no cameras ced at the stairs," the guard ryed to him.


    "USELESS," ric cursed loudly. "Utterly useless."


    Matthew and ric ran out frantically and reached the staircase, the guards followed them behind.


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    On the other side, at the Half Shade Lunar Pack, Arth and Tensen were fighting fiercely and were tearing each other apart. Arth, unlike that night, wasn’t showing any mercy to Tensen. He was out for blood and vengeance.


    When Keith came and saw what was happening, he tried to intervene but Arth’s aura was too profound and fierce.


    The two wolves were wing at each other as the battle intensified. Both Keith and Brooks turned into their wolf form to back Caiten up. But Arth wasn’t going to be subdued by any of them.


    They tried to gang up on him and surrounded him with all sides. He howled barbarically as if he was blowing a conch to dere war on them.


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    *Back to the Present Timeline*


    As Noah narrated the story, all his children were dumbstruck by what had conspired back then. Sara’s eyes were rimmed, even Myra could feel a lump in her throat.


    Suddenly, a sobbing voice interrupted them as they all looked at the source. Nora was whimpering as she heard all of this. Sara sped her hand in a tight grip andforted her, "It’s all over. It happened twenty years ago, Nora." She hugged Nora tightly.


    Myra tilted her head to the side as to wipe her tears. Elio and Dion were stumped by it as well. They never knew how much their parents and elder siblings have suffered twenty years ago. They were left speechless.


    Sara then looked at Myra andpleted the story, "The kidnappers were quick and we had already lost the golden time to find them. So, they escaped from our grasp. We searched high and low for any clues but wasn’t able to find Nora or the other child. But we knew one thing, that it wasn’t just some random trafficking incident. Someone intentionally abducted Nora and the child with her."


    Noah continued, "After taking care of the people at Half Shade Lunar, I and my crew returned back immediately. When he couldn’t find Nora, the council members and the elders scolded us for our negligence and made us swore vows that we would never reveal our identity to any human on our own ord. We were restrained by the rules and vows and couldn’t tell anyone."


    "So, aren’t you breaking the rules?" Myra asked curiously.


    "Do you remember the day of Elio and Nora’s birthday party? We dered you as our goddess daughter, right? The pledge broke the moment we announced that you were our goddess daughter. Ever since then, you are considered a part of our family not by blood but by bond and vow," Sara finished the words.


    To Be Continued . . . . . . .