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Pov Patrick

Alison hadn't been missing that long, just a few days, but I felt my body die a little more whenever I noticed her absence. Worrying about my beta didn't help matters.

Betas were usually used as substitutes for their alphas, so many died in their place. To get to the alpha, the beta has to be dead, they always give their lives to protect their alpha or half of him, their luna. I don't think I could do that, on the contrary, Mathias is one of the only ones I would give my life to protect, I would die happy like that. It doesn't have that, "You're my beta, so you'll have to die for me." He is my beta, my brother, not a golden soldier and confidant. He is part of my heart.

Also Alison.

I couldn't deny it anymore, at least not with her, I needed both of them here to stop the restlessness of my being. Cease fear, longing, frustration, emptiness.

The investigator I sent over 2 or 3 days ago found a trace of her, just a trace, and he was working on it.

Deep down I just wanted h