Chapter 24

ALPHA JULIAN

The journey back to the pack house feels so slow and excruciating. My thoughts are all over the place and my mind is in shambles. As much I thought going to see her won’t affect me but it did, I felt nothing more than a failure. I wished I had searched for her more those days, I wished I actually paid attention to her behavior or the way James acted after she went missing. Thinking about it all now, his own act was so suspicious but my thoughts were all over the place.

I try to will myself to believe that this isn't a dream and I'm yet to wake up from it. But the few painful pinches I gave myself proved it right that indeed, I wasn't dreaming when I saw my childhood best friend battered beyond repair and locked inside of a dungeon. The memories of how she looked when I saw her haunt me and even try to overshadow the memories I've had of her.

We had so many memories together and I could barely count them. We took our first steps together and we have been friends since th