The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

~ALARIC~

"Where the fuck could she be?" I demand from my brothers. Text content © NôvelDrama.Org.

I knew it wasn't any of their fault, but damn it, I was so fucking worried about Clara, and it didn't help that I knew all of this was my fault. I broke her heart, and there's no telling where she went to calm her mind. I should have never let her walk out of my office; I should have stopped her right there and begged for her to give me a chance.

We couldn't find anything on her at all; not even her vehicle could be seen anywhere. Her parents were freaking out, Scarlett was freaking out also, and Carter was giving me nasty glares throughout the day. He didn't know the whole story, but by now, he could tell something happened between us. I knew that he wasn't saying anything because he didn't want to make this situation worse. However, the second that Clara was found and everything went back to normal, he would have plenty of questions to ask me. I knew if he didn't like the answers to those questions, things could get heated between us very quickly.

"I don't know," Apollo says. "But we aren't going to stop until we find her. Clara is like family. She is family. We must find her."

The guilt was eating me up inside. I did this. I was the reason that she was missing. I didn't think it was possible to detest myself like this until now.

"It's just so weird," Ares says. "It's like she just vanished, and we have no clue where to even begin to search for her."

"My sister will not disappear for an entire day like this." Scarlett cries. "I know her. I've known her my entire life. She will never intentionally make us all worry about her. Something happened to her. I can feel it in my gut. Something is terribly wrong."

Scarlett's words did not make this any easier for me, even though I knew how true they were. Clara wasn't the type of woman to do something like this, no matter what she was going through. Also, the fact remained that she told Scarlett that she needed to speak to her. She wouldn't have done that if she wanted to be alone.

Nicole walks into the room suddenly, and I can feel the tension rise at her presence. No one wanted her here with us, not even me.

Her pregnancy bump didn't go unnoticed by almost everyone in the room. By now, they all knew that I had gotten her pregnant. Not everyone in the room believed her, but the evidence was there, and they couldn't deny it. Even I wished that I wasn't the father. It would be fucking perfect if someone else had gotten her pregnant.

"Is Clara still missing?" she asks as she looks around the room. I knew that she was hoping that she was still missing; she was probably the only person here who was happy about her disappearance.

No one answers her, and she looks offended.

"Is no one going to say anything?" She asks.

"Why do you act as though you're actually concerned?" Scarlett demands. "You're happy that my sister is missing."

Nicole frowns, "You're acting like I'm the reason that all of this has happened. I'm not to blame for any of this. I'm also concerned about Clara."

I knew that was a lie, just like everyone else did.

"I think we may have a lead," Griffin says as he walks into the room. Things were so bad that we had to invite the Fawns to help us. We needed any damn help that we could get. Luckily, they had a good relationship with both Scarlett and Clara and were more than happy to help.

"What did you find?" I ask as I walk towards him. I was looking for any information, even the smallest details.

"Someone said they saw Clara's car, but it wasn't her driving it." He informs us.

What?

Why the fuck would someone else be driving her car?

"Does he have any information at all on who it was?" I demand. I couldn't hide the panic in my voice. This news only made the sinking feeling in my chest even worse.

He shook his head, "he said that he couldn't see into the car properly enough to tell who it was."

Scarlett gasps, and she looks pale like she'd just seen a ghost.

"No." She gasps. "This cannot be happening. What has happened to my sister? Who could have taken her?"

It was now confirmed. Something horrible did happen to Clara. She wouldn't just abandon her car like that.

But who the hell would ever want to harm her? She was the sweetest woman that I knew. I couldn't think of anyone who would want to harm her.

I don't care what the fuck I have to do; I had to find the person that was driving her car. I had to get fucking answers.