Chapter 40

Kaiya

A strange kind of hush falls over the castle. Usually, there’s always someone bustling around, off to do one of the many things needed to keep this place running like a German train schedule.

Even in the middle of the night, I can hear guards calling out to each other on the grounds, or the sound of Omegas running through the hallways.

Tonight, it’s like a grave. As quiet as the catacombs.

Around midnight, the silence unnerves me and I get up to ask Oswald about it, but he’s not on his post. I turn my head in every direction, but there’s no one. I'm all alone up here.

Feeling a little nervous, I go to the last person I want to see. Bowden.

He came by earlier, but I refused to talk to him. He left again without saying a word. “Why won’t you talk to our mate?” Elowen asked when he left.

“I’m angry at him.”

“It wasn’t his fault,” she said. “He tried to protect us.”

I didn’t listen to her. She’s a wolf, and she will do anything her mate asks her to do without question, even