Chapter 55 - Hope

Alice -

"And then they lived happily ever after....." 

I closed the book and smiled at a very sleepy Namara. I had volunteered to babysit her and give some spare time to Katherine and Dallas. They had become something of adoptive parents for Namara. She was a sweet girl. Despite the tragedy, she had retained her spunk. Spending time with her was delightful. I laid her sleeping form on the bed and tiptoed out of her room. Lucian was away because of this rogue business, and no one knew where he was, or when he would be returning.

I laid down on my bed, contemplating calling him. He had closed off our mind link, I couldn't sense him.

I had dozed off when I was woken up by a low pain in my chest. I woke up sweating, something was wrong, Lana was howling, and I felt this weird emptiness in my heart. 

"Lucian!" I said aloud to the empty room, he was not well, I could sense it. I was unable to reach him through the mind link. Restless, I w