**Emily’s POV**Last night, after my encounter with Ethan and Sophia, I had a dream.A very weird dream.In it, I saw my mother, as beautiful as always, clad in a gorgeous flowing dress.She stood tall in the light, taller than I had ever seen her in my whole life.Not only that, but she also held a large sword in her hand, it shone brightly in the sunlight.For an instant, I had assumed she would give it to me as I ran towards her. But surprisingly, she had given it to Mary!Mary, the slave girl I met when I first got to Dark moon pack.The one who was nice to me. The one who was Beta Chad’s sex slave or used to be— I was not certain as I didn't listen to all the details about her and Beta Chad. And we barely talked anymore.The dream felt weird but very realistic at the same time.It had bugged me so much that I decided I would check on her before today runs out.That would be after I got back from Beta Chad’s wedding ceremony today.Yes, Chad was getting married and the preparatio

**EMILY’S POV**I woke up this morning, with Alexander nowhere to be found.I glanced around my room and noticed that almost all of his stuff, asides from his scent, no longer laid discarded on the floor like they did last night.He had left. Just as he always does.He slipped in and out at will but he never stayed too long. I wish he could. I wish we could stay together forever.Perhaps, I was thinking too much and hoping on forever which was looking somewhat surreal.Sighing, I rolled off my bed with only one aim in mind, and that was the fact that I needed to train.I rushed to the bathroom to have my bath, and a few minutes later, I walked out of my closet wearing a blue loose-fitting dungaree and a black pair of ankle boots.I stepped out of the room towards the training field.“Hi, I am late!” I shouted to Malcolm as soon as I got to the open field.It was a few minutes past 6:00 AM by the time I got there, and our initial planned time used to be 4:30 am.“You are not late.” He

**Alexander’s POV**Today was another stressfully shitty day. I sat slumped against my office chair, rubbing at my eyes because I had hardly been able to get a wink of sleep for about two weeks now, due to the incessant trouble the rogues attacking my borders were creating.To make matters worse, they were asking for a truce.How could they even dare ask for a truce when I was not at war with them in the first place?!“How many soldiers were killed in the last attack?” I asked my beta, Chad, as he slumped on the sofa.“None but a few were taken. In the East.” Chad said stiffly.I believe he was as mad as I was.“They were abducted, not taken! Taken sounds too light to be used to describe the situation at hand.” Dimitri gritted his teeth.He clenched his hands and growled. “There are ten missing young soldiers out there! in the hands of those leeches! So, they were abducted!”“Hey calm down bro, when will you ever stop acting like you are a messiah and everyone else isn’t? I am worried

**Emily’s POV** I silently noticed how the smile on Alexander’s face fell but I didn’t pay much attention to it. Instead, I tapped on his shoulders lightly to bring him back to the question I asked. “Did you do it to protect her?” I asked, looking up at his handsome face which now looked creased with worry. My heart throbbed as I anticipated his answer. I wondered if he did it to protect her because it seemed he would always be involved with Sophia even though we were mated. Also, I didn't want to ask about what she was doing in the room earlier. It might turn into an argument and that was the last thing I needed. Moreover, he didn't look as though he was happy to see her. “I did it to protect you.” He finally said, cradling my face in his hands. “And how’s that protecting me?” I furrowed my brows. He had literally ignored all that I said and made me look stupid in front of everyone but he called it protection. “How was I protected when the person who tried to kill me is still

**Emily’s POV** I parted my heavy eyelids slowly, and let out a wince as a jolt of pain shot through my body while I regained consciousness. I tried to sit up ignoring the discomfort around my neck region but laid back down almost immediately when I felt this splitting headache around my temple. "Shít." I let out a grunt and lay still on the cold floor. I shut my eyes for a while, trying so hard to adjust to the pain because I doubted if it was going away anytime soon. A few seconds later, the headache subsided and I was able to open my eyes. I observed my environment slowly and frowned but I could barely see anything. I believed I was in some sort of dark room and the only thing I could make out was the damp smell which signified I was in a cave of some sort. And that of algae, I crinkled my nose as vomit surged up my throat but I pushed it out. “Where am I?” I wondered aloud, holding my pounding head with my hands as if to keep it steady on my neck. No one would answer me,