73. Missing

Athena's POV

Every time. Every single time. I hit a new phase. When I see hope for better days, life creeps in. Cripples my hope and sends me back to that same pit. The same pit of despair I've fought my whole life to outgrow.

My daughter. No not my daughter.

It could have been me but not Cosmo.

She was right there. on that bed, by my side all through the night.

"We'll find her," Kevin whispered in my ears, hugging me.

He must have felt like he was being comforting, but, that was not what I needed.

Nothing could comfort me better than to find my baby. My Cosmo, back in my arms. My World. She was all that mattered to me. My reason for believing in a future.

Hope had always been a bad bitch. It couldn't help me. it never did.

The once possible future turned into a dark cloud of misery.

I heard Kevin organize a search team outside. I heard their growls. He acted more like the Alpha. Doing what I should be doing. Not just because I was the elected Alpha, but because it was my duty as