Chapter 27

Adrian's POV

“Pippa?” I ask softly and knock on the bathroom door. “Can I come in?”

“Yes,” she answers almost right away. Her voice is faint and weak and I can hear that she’s trying to hide the fact that she's crying.

She did good. She held onto her tears until we were alone before she gave in to the fear and the pain. She collapsed in my arms and wept like a lost child for close to half an hour before she excused herself and came to the bathroom.

No one knows just how scared she is. Well, maybe Monty knows and her new friend Tammy looked a little concerned before she left, but our little pack is clueless, as far as they are concerned they have a strong and fearless queen, and I don't need to read her mind to know Pippa wants it to stay that way.

I ease the bathroom door open and slip inside. She’s sitting hunched over in the tub, clutching her knees to her chest. My heart aches for her. She has no answers, none of us does, and she is so lost right now. I want to make it better, it’s