CHAPTER 40

**Cassie’s POV**

My head felt like it was pounding hard when I opened my eyes. I can feel my body aching, and everything feels like a bad dream.

I am hoping that as I look at my side, I will see my mate, my only love, sleeping on my side. But I saw my empty side, and perhaps everything is not a bad dream.

"Cassie," said my dad, who sleeps on my side. I look at him while punching my chess.

"Dad, tell me that everything is just a bad dream. Where is Kaiden? Where is my mate?" I asked my dad, almost shouting so loudly.

I felt like all my hopes and dreams suddenly burned like a piece of leaf when my dad shook his head. He gave me a sad smile, and it immediately broke my heart into pieces.

"He is gone... He is, and it is now his last day. You have been sleeping for about a week," my dad said.

I looked at him in disbelief, and I slowly felt my face wet because of my tears. I shook my head violently and tried to wallow out of that damn bed! I have to find my mate! He is alive; Kaiden is aliv