He was panicking, he couldn't breathe, Aiden, his Aidie was gone. The paper dropped from Ethan's hands as he stood there, in shock. Nothing was right, it wasn't supposed to happen like this. They were supposed to stay together, to be happy. Ethan had Danny, and he thought Aiden had Lydia, he hadn't even thought...he thought Aiden was happy. Just what had he been missing all this time?

His breath came in gasps, no, just no, this wasn't, this couldn't be happening. Aiden wouldn't, no, he promised, we promised each other. His mind kept spinning things over and over, he dropped to the floor, in shock. He didn't even notice Danny walking up behind him, "Babe? Ethan?" Danny rushed over, dropped to his knees, wrapped his arms around his mate and pulled him close.

"Ethan, talk to me babe, what is it? What's wrong?"

"Aidie, Aidie, Aidie...A-Aidie." The words were punctuated by loud sobs, sounds that Ethan never realize he was making.

"Shh...it's okay, Ethan, babe, what about Aiden? What's wrong?"

Danny looked down and saw the scrap of paper on the ground, picked it up and quickly read it, then glanced down at Ethan.

"Eth, I'm so sorry, I'm sorry babe. W-We can look for him, we'll get the rest of the pack, we'll find him, okay?" He didn't know if that was true or not, but anything was better than seeing his boyfriend, his mate, so completely torn up and hurt. He'd do anything for Ethan, and hell, the rest of the pack had actually grown rather fond of Ethan, it shouldn't be that hard to ask them for help.

"Come on, let's get you up, I'll call Scott and see what we can do, okay?" He gently pulled Ethan up and helped him over to the couch, set him down, then quickly ran and came back with a blanket which he carefully wrapped Ethan in. "Just rest, I'll be right back, okay?"

He pulled his phone out, quickly dialing up Scott and explaining the situation, then hurried back over to Ethan on the couch. "Hey Eth, Scott said he'd take the pack out to look for Aiden, see if they can catch his scent, okay? They're gonna do whatever they can to find him."

Ethan just nodded distractedly, and leaned his head on Danny's shoulder, trying to hide the tears streaming down his face. They had to find Aiden, they had to, especially before anything happened to him. Ethan knew what was out there, what they'd escaped, and he knew that Aiden was vulnerable to their enemies now that he was packless and all alone. It was his fault for not noticing anything was wrong, he could have prevented this, if only he'd torn his eyes away from Danny for one minute to actually look at his twin. He had to help, had to find his brother, before it was too late.

Ethan lifted his head and looked up at Danny, "We have to help, we have to find him, please babe, we have to." His mate nodded, "We'll meet up with the others, we'll find him Eth."

2 Months later

There'd been no trace of Aiden until now, and even then, it'd taken them by complete surprise. Two whole months apart, Ethan was a mess, he'd barely slept, and in spite of Danny's best efforts, he'd only eaten enough to keep going. The stress had worn him down, but he kept going as best as he could. He had to find his brother, if it was the last thing he did, Aiden would come home.

Their first break came when Ethan collapsed one day from pain. It wasn't his, it was Aiden's. It was good, and bad all at the same time. It would help them find him, but Ethan knew how much pain Aiden must be in to let the connection slip back open, enough pain to not be able to protect his twin from feeling it.

Time was running out, they had to find him. Now.