Jai

“Jai, wake up!”

“What?” I groan while opening my eyes to Drew shaking me.

“Get dressed. You need to come with me now.”

I sit up and rub my eyes. Goddess damn, I was in a deep sleep for the first time in days.

Why did he have to wake me up?

I look at the clock beside me and groan. “Drew, it's three in the morning.”

“Yes, and your mate has been standing at the edge of the forest for the past twenty minutes, staring into space.”

“What the hell?” I look beside myself for clarification. Melinda isn't beside me, and her side of the bed is stone cold.

I scramble out of bed and pull on jogging bottoms, a t-shirt, and trainers faster than I ever have.

“How do you know she's out there?”

“Couldn't sleep. I was looking out of my window when I spotted her there. I mind-linked the guards and was told Melinda had been there a while.”

“And they didn't approach her and ask what she was doing?”

Drew shrugs. “I guess not. Come on,”

I follow Drew as he leads me to Melinda.

Why did the guards not stop her