124 New Hit

Willa's POV

Though getting Cerberus's promise lit up my mood, it was hard for me to sleep that night. I was used to sleeping in the house with Al by my side.

In fact, I had never slept alone in the Alpha house before, not since the first night where I was badly injured.

I couldn't sleep not only because Al wasn't there, but also because of his sudden "investigation". Something was wrong. He was acting weird when I got home actually.

When granny was with him, alone.

[Granny.] I tried to mind link her, half expecting granny to be asleep. But she answered right away--

[Are you okay?]

[I'm fine, lying in bed.] I showed her around in the moonlight. The moon was shining brightly, being two days away from a full moon.

[What's wrong, little one?] Granny calmed down a little, asking. She was painting on a piece of parchment, making a spell.

[Hmmm...why didn't you stay for dinner today?] I hesitated before I changed my question. A