Chapter 42

Theda POV

In the cell, I was sitting on the wooden bed, and a faint glimmer of sunlight seeped through the small window, casting a gentle glow upon my weary face.

In that morning, disbelief mingled with disappointment in me as I struggled to comprehend how Alpha Tyler, the one I had started to trust and admire, could let me spend the night in such a desolate place.

Yesterday, I had thought he would look straight into my eyes and see the truth in it but he didn't. I didn't know what overshadowed him to make such a rash decision and ordered me to be locked in this cell.

I had thought we had shared a connection ever since he was going to take me as a friend. I vividly remember that day. He had suggested I stop getting scared of him whenever I see him and take him as a friend.

But what happened yesterday?

Was it his anger? Or…his love for his late Luna? Whatever it was, I had hoped he'd recall the times we've spent together and judge wisely.

I wasn't expecting him to pass on a judgment r