“Here. He’s waiting for your call.”When I look up, Anders is holding out my phone with Thorne’s number already pulled up. With fumbling hands, I take the phone. The call connects instantly, after only one ring, and Thorne speaks.“How are you feeling?”“I’m alright, thanks to you.”There’s a pause
Aurora’s POVWarmth surrounds me, and something soft yet heavy covers me, pressing me down. The weight is odd, almost like someone is laying on top of me, but when I open my eyes, all I find is a blanket.I run my fingers over the fuzzy material before looking around. Light seeps through the bedroom
“Then where the fuck is she?” I drag my hands through my hair and look around. That nagging, gut feeling returns, telling me something is wrong. And, as someone with heightened senses, I trust my gut.“Search the building. We won’t leave until we find a sign that she left or until we’ve found her,”
Thorne’s POVGlancing at the time, I push through the building’s front doors. Work ended just half an hour ago, and Aurora has been staying at work late, usually with me, so maybe she hasn’t left. I’ll probably find her hunched over her desk, typing up a file or scribbling notes about one of our lat
Aurora’s POVThey’re crazy.It’s the only plausible reason I can come up with to understand why Ivy and Angeline would be cornering me after work.Thorne made it clear to everyone, by publicly punishing Jack, that messing with me is grounds for punishment. Everyone else seemed to understand, so why
Thorne’s POVSighing, I pinch the bridge of my nose and stare at the paper one of my gammas just gave me.“It was posted on a tree at the East border, Alpha,” Gamma Rhodes says. I nod and reread the message.“What does it say?” Jace asks. I look up at my Beta, smiling for the first time since I left