h4Chapter 166: Chapter 166 Missing Liam/h4

    Caroline’s POV

    When we finished work that evening, Draven seemed more rxed. As we drove home, he took my hand and squeezed it gently.

    "I have something I want to discuss with you," he said, his voice soft but serious.

    "What is it?" I asked, curious about his tone.

    "Since my parents died, I’ve never lived in the pack house. I couldn’t bring myself to enter it without..." he paused, searching for words. "Without my Luna. Without you."

    My heart melted at his confession. "Oh, Draven."

    "Carlos and some omega servants have maintained it all these years. Now that we’re engaged and our family is growing," he ced his free hand gently on my stomach, "I think it’s time to make the pack house our home. The house is meant for the Alpha and Luna of the Storm Valley Pack."

    "Are you sure you’re ready?" I asked gently, knowing how painful memories could be.

    "I am. When I put my ring on your finger, I knew it was time. The pack house needs a mistress again." His eyes shone with emotion. "It’s a beautiful ce with a wonderful garden. Our pups would thrive there."

    "I’d be happy with you anywhere, even in a cabin in the forest," I said sincerely. "But if you’re ready to return to the pack house, then so am I."

    "It’s located not far from thepany, very close. We can stop by tomorrow before work to see it."

    "I’d love that. I could ask Ava to help with decoration ideas. She has a wonderful eye for design."

    "The house has good energy," Draven continued. "My parents were very happy there, as were my grandparents before them. Once the renovations areplete, we’ll hold your pack joining ceremony there. I even want to hold our mating ceremony there. It’s tradition for a new Luna to be formally presented to the pack in the pack hall."

    The thought of bing Luna of the Storm Valley Pack both thrilled and terrified me. I’d need to learn so much about pack traditions and protocols.

    When we arrived home, Liam was ecstatic to see his father. The sight of my son jumping into Draven’s arms never failed to warm my heart. During dinner, Draven asked Carlos and Mabel to join us, and he shared our decision to move to the pack house.

    "It will be wonderful to see life return to that house," Carlos said with tears in his eyes. "Your parents would be so proud, Alpha Draven."

    The next morning, before heading to work, we stopped by the pack house as nned. I gasped when Draven opened the doors—everything was immacte, as if people were living there. Carlos had maintained it perfectly. Draven exined that his mother hadpleted a major renovation just months before the ident.

    The house was breathtaking—European style, two stories with soaring ceilings, painted white with a dark roof. In front stood a beautiful garden full of flowers and a fountain. Enormous windows allowed natural light to flood every room. Inside, the décor was luxurious yet weing. The back featured a swimming pool, tennis court, sauna, and an evenrger, meticulously maintained garden.

    With each room we explored, Draven’s smile grew wider. I had worried he might feel sad or hesitant, but he seemedpletely at ease.

    "How are you feeling?" I asked him gently.

    "Incredibly good," he replied, his violet eyes shining. "I’m imagining how our children will be happy here, filling this house with life and joy. Do you want to make this our home?"

    "I’ll love living here! Liam will go crazy over this garden."

    "I’ll call an architect who was friends with my mother toe see what changes you’d like to make."

    "But I don’t want to change anything!" I said sincerely. "Unless you want to, but I think it’s perfect as it is."

    "Really? Are you sure?" When I nodded, tears filled his eyes. "Thank you. I feel like my mother had prepared this house for us. I couldn’t enter here because something was missing—you and our children were missing." He pulled me into a tender kiss.

    "Can we have our mating ceremony in the garden?" I asked excitedly.

    "Moon Goddess, you’re perfect!" He kissed me again. "That was my mother’s dream. She would have loved you."

    We explored the entire house, making ns for our future. We left at lunchtime and stopped at a bistro near the office. While waiting for our meal, my phone rang with an unfamiliar number.

    I answered on speaker, and my heart stopped as I heard Mabel’s panicked voice through sobs.

    "Caroline, honey, they took Liam! I don’t know what happened. Dennis, the security guard, took me to pick him up from daycare. I got out of the car and picked up Liam. I passed out when I put him in the car. Then I woke up in a hospital. The doctor said I’d been hit on the head, but Liam wasn’t with me, and I can’t reach Dennis. I don’t know what happened, but they took Liam!"

    Draven’s eyes instantly shifted to deep violet, ric taking control as a terrifying growl erupted from his chest. I felt my own wolf Rory howling in anguish inside me as the world seemed to copse around us.

    My son has been kidnapped.