C H A P T E R 36 - Elijah.

Despite the fact that I was doing my best to mingle enough, as to reach a point where I was not so aware of Samantha's absence, it wasn't working. Every time that I started speaking to someone, I just became more and more aware of the fact that they were not her, and that it wasn't likely that I would be able to speak to her for the duration of the evening because she wasn't even here to start off with. Gwen also hadn't returned yet, but I had been lucky enough to recieve some feedback from her earlier on.

'I've found her. She is safe, and she is alright, but it seems like she needs to rest. I doubt that she will be returning.'

Not knowing what else to do in that moment, I had merely accepted it, despite the fact that I had known that it would bother me the whole night. But it was too late for me to have regrets about it all now. Whether I liked it or not, I was going to have to suck it up and speak to my pack members, regardless of whatever mundane thing they deemed important enoug