Sleepless Nights

When he felt Kalli, heard her words, Castiel opened his golden eyes just a little bit to look at her. She wasn’t eating, though he was sure he knew why. His poor mate had taken this the hardest of them all… and Cas blamed himself. It wasn’t Kalliope’s fault that Viho had gone, or been taken, but his own in his eyes. The man couldn’t fathom their son just wandering off… he’d been a loving child, wanting to be with his siblings. So then, he thought to himself, the only explanation was that another wolf must have taken him. But Castiel was torn. Torn between hunting down his missing son and staying with Kalli, Etain, and Ron. He had sensed Ron growing more troubled as of late, especially seeing how this was affecting his mother, and Castiel was truly at a loss for what to do.

“We’ll find him.” Castiel spoke in a sure tone, though he felt so tired… so worried about what had happened. He leaned over to his mate and licked her between the ears, his heart aching some. “None of the others are giving up. We can’t either. We’ll keep looking until we do.” He frowned a little. “Come now love, what would Viho think if he saw us moping like this? Our boy would be worried over the two of us… I know he’s out there.. And he’s strong. He’ll come home, one way or another.” He didn’t tell her his suspicions that the boy had been kidnapped. But even then it’d take a monster sized wolf to keep his son prisoner.. Unless they were playing dirty.

“Have you checked on how Ron and Etain are feeling?” The male asked gently, trying to distract his mate.