Chapter 577
Katelyn opened her eyes when a pungent smell hit her nostrils. Her blurry vision turned better as she could now see clearly. It was a strange place. A kind of dark basement. She scanned her eyes around and saw ominous items. A skull, then a few small cauldrons.
’We need to escape,’ she told her wolf. But to her surprise, she couldn’t connect with Silver. The next second, she felt extremely low as if someone had drained her entire energy.
Ophelia finally revealed herself with a silver knife in her hand.
“Let me go! How dare you bind a princess? Do you even know what will happen to you if my family finds out about it?” Katelyn screamed at her despite the low energy in her body. She tried to get rid of the restraints but it seemed magical.
“Stay quiet, Princess,” Ophelia stated, moving closer to her. “Your brother is scheming against me. He and Amelie are trying their best to kill me. I must show them what happens when they trigger me p>
Katelyn was shocked to learn that Ophelia was the one who abducted her.
The ring? Katelyn looked at her right hands on the armchair and realized it wasn’t there. How could she make such a big mistake? But, wait! When did she even remove that ring? She didn’t remember any of that.
“I must say Amelie is still as clever as she was in the past. Finding a sorcerer to fight against me was her best bet. But ste forgot who I am. Ophelia, the one who’s been alive to end them in their second lives. The price they must pay for taking my daughter away p>
Katelyn stared at her in anger. “Your daughter was a bitch,” she cursed. From Amelie, she knew the full story of her brother’s and sister’s-in-law past. “And you’re going downhill to hell because of your dead daughter p>
Ophelia’s hand hit Katelyn’s face before she brought the silver knife to her cheek. “Don’t say another wrong word about Anaya. All she wanted was a life of fulfillment, a life where no one would look down on her. And Amelie snatched that chance from her. She is the reason I am no longer with my daughter p>
Katelyn chuckled in a mocking tone. “Then, you should die and meet your daughter in hell p>
“Ahhh!” She screamed in pain when the silver touched her skin. The streak of blood trickled down her cheek before Ophelia collected it in a tiny flask.
Katelyn tried to keep her eyes open, but she again fainted.
Sage paced the entire floor of his apartment building, checking the lobby, the elevators, even the stairwell, anywhere Katelyn might have lingered. But the place felt emptier than it should. Something was wrong. He could feel it in his bones.
He headed straight to the control room. The security assistant, a young guy who knew Sage well enough not to ask questions, pulled up the CCTV feeds without a word.
As the footage rolled, Sage’s hand instinctively rose to his cheek. A sharp, stinging pain flared across his skin, like a sharp knife had just struck him. He froze, confusion flashing in his eyes. It wasn’t his pain. It was hers.
The thought hit him like a punch. Katelyn was being hurt. His knuckles whitened as he gripped the edge of the desk, rage and fear twisting together in his chest.
“Sir,” the assistant said hesitantly, pointing to the large central screen. “Isn’t that… Princess Katelyn p>
Sage’s gaze snapped to the footage. There she was, stepping out of the elevator, smiling softly, heading toward his door just as she’d promised. But then an older woman appeared beside her. They exchanged a few words. Katelyn nodded politely.
“Yes,” Sage said. “That’s her.” He leaned closer, frowning. “Who the hell is that old woman p>
The next moment stole his breath. On screen, the woman’s form changed into someone younger before both figures vanished completely after making Katelyn faint.
“How Sage muttered, staring at the frozen image. “How is that even possible p>
The assistant, who looked pale now, quickly switched to other cameras, scrolling back through entry logs and hallways. “I’ll check where she came from and how she got into the building in the first place p>
Sage didn’t answer. He just stood there, his heart thundering while he was staring at the empty corridor on the screen where Katelyn had been moments before.
His hand then flew to his pocket, searching for his phone, but it wasn’t there. He’d left it on the couch in his apartment.
“I’ll be right back,” he muttered to the stunned security assistant, already bolting for the door. He sprinted up the stairs two at a time, burst into his apartment, and snatched the phone from where it lay half-buried under a throw pillow.
His fingers shook as he scrolled to Gabriel’s name and hit call.
“Yes, S p>
“Gabriel, Katelyn’s been kidnapped,” Sage blurted, the words tumbling out in a rush, his chest heaving. “It was some old woman in the hallway. She—she changed, right there on the CCTV. Shifted her shape and vanished with Kate. And I felt it, Gabriel. A sharp sting across my face, like someone hit her. She’s being hurt right now. Tell me that’s the witch you’ve been warning us about. Is it Ophelia p>
A stunned beat of silence on the other end. Then Gabriel’s voice came, “What p>
“I saw it on the security footage p>
“Send it to me. Now,” Gabriel ordered, “And Sage, you’ve to calm down p>
Sage sneered as he paced the living room like a caged animal. “Calm down? How the fuck am I supposed to calm down, Gabriel? My mate is out there, someone’s hurting her. I felt it. I felt her pain p>
On the other end, Gabriel was already moving when Ashna came forward to take Noah from him. Gabriel’s arm tightened instinctively around his son, refusing to hand him over even as he strode down the corridor.
“She’s my sister, Sage,” Gabriel said. “Believe me, I know exactly what this feels like. Just send me the footage. I’ll find her. I swear p>
Sage stopped pacing.
“I’m sending it now,” he said hoarsely and hung up the call.
“Pa!” Noah puckered his lips as he saw his father’s distress. Gabriel’s hand instinctively moved to the back of his son’s head as he finally arrived at his mother’s chamber.