Evaline:
Sunday mornings at the council headquarters were usually quieter. Most of the council members took the day to rest unless something urgent required attention.
But I arrived there at nine sharp, dressed in my usual clothes, hair pulled back, and with a calm expression. Or at least that's what I was showing on the outside.
Inside, I was hollow.
I didn't sleep well as the nightmares were back. Barely ate in the morning and my head was throbbing. Yet, here I was, pretending like I hadn't been paraded like a fragile pet by the most feared Alpha in our world.
Since last night, my phone had buzzed several times with calls and messages from Kieran, Oscar, and Draven.
But I didn't attend the calls or opened their messages. I didn't need to read them to know what they would say.
"We didn't know."
"River went too far."
"Are you okay?"
