Deepwood Weald That shine for me

And here he was, not able to go fight for her -- or at least so he was sure. Mal wasn't a fighter. Donovan was. Who did Neverwinter even really have? Lenny and Hao. But that meant that nobody else would be left to protect everyone else. Dammit. He tried to find some further hints -- at least he knew it couldn't have been long ago but... Still.

You know how he was going around causing chaos and messing with all the packs? Well, when he was doing that he was apparently being all nice and friendly to Simmik like some normal person. Like friends and all that, had her convinced until everyone else said what he did when she wasn't around. He kept trying to convince her that he was totally ok or something even after that. It always seemed weird to me -- like there had to be some reason for it. Like there had to be some sort of plan for why he was being nice for one wolf but it didn't carry over to the rest of the pack or anything. Now it all makes sense! He was sort of ranting by this point. But did it make someone a conspiracy theorist if the conspiracy was true? True-ish, at least. He had a few details wrong but the gist of it would turn out to be on the right track. He probably originally wanted to try and convince her to join him because he knew she's a good fighter. But she'd never go with him now -- he'd done too much bad stuff -- and then he admitted to her that he was a rapist. She was the one that decided the Saints were our enemies, for real. She'd never go with him willingly -- so he took her anyway! I mean, when he was talking about the other chick he kidnapped, he was all trying to make himself the victim and we know what he left out now  -- probably thinks he has to kidnap her or something after the effort he put in! Dude's crazy. It was the only explanation. She'd never leave Neverwinter -- or at least not the way she had. If her trail had just vanished, maybe he'd think it was her own choice... But this? Nope. The whole damn world knew that guy liked kidnapping people, and Mal knew he had some weird obsession with Simmik. It had to be him. He was suspect #1. What's he going to do to her?! If she's not near here... I gotta get her back. Somehow. He howled for Simmik again, hoping to hear a reply, but there wasn't likely to be one.