Chapter 81: The Smell of Fear
After Elliot hung up the phone on his call with Gareth, he frowned.
It was strange that Isabella was missing too.
But Jasmine was his main concern for now.
He put his arms behind his back and paced his living room floor. If his plan was successful, Jasmine would be scared out of her mind right about now, crying and pleading for someone to come save her.
When he saw Axel and Jasmine kissing at the art show, he knew that he needed to take drastic measures to make sure that Jasmine knew how much she needed him. He had ordered his subordinate, Nathan, to arrange a team to kidnap her. Elliot had told Nathan to ensure that her fake kidnappers scared her. He wanted Jasmine to believe that she was on the brink of death.
Then, he would come to save her right before her “kidnappers” killed her. After he had rescued her from a horrible fate, Jasmine would quit holding his past transgressions against him and finally stop fighting their mating bond. Then, Jasmine would move into the house he had purchased for her and agree to be his mistress.
With his genius plan, Elliot would be able to hold a position of power by marrying Isabella, and his wolf wouldn’t weaken with continual access to his mate.
But had there been a wrench in the plan?
It couldn’t be a coincidence that Jasmine and Isabella went missing at the same time. Elliot ran a hand through his dark hair. Did the team that Nathan hired accidentally kidnap Jasmine and Isabella? His fiancé had told him that she was going to dinner with Jasmine. The team should have taken her when she was coming back alone from the city.
Elliot paused in his pacing and scrubbed a frustrated hand down his face. Now that the Lycan King’s daughter was missing, this situation just turned a whole lot more complicated. The last thing Elliot needed was for his plan to get back to Gareth and have him discover that he had set all this up.
He took out his phone and called the burner phone that Nathan gave him if he needed to get in contact with the team. Elliot didn’t want any part of Jasmine’s kidnapping to be traced back to him.