Hundred and sixty eight

NATALIA'S POV

Each time I found my way into this palace, I would always have this gut feeling that nothing had changed. But today, I felt like something was amiss when in reality nothing was frankly amiss.

It was just the usual palace setting at night with guards scattered at the right places whereas the rest of the free areas were covered in nothing but darkness and eerily silence.

To silence that I honestly preferred to stick to where the guards were. There, at least I knew who was upon me. But swallowed in the midst of that darkness, I had no idea what to expect at any moment and just held onto my lucky stars hoping it didn't disappoint.

Steve's room wasn't in the usual location of all other workers which made me gather that he might be special to the Alpha then.

Getting to his room was a bit of a challenge but with months of snicking around experience, I managed to pull that off indicated. I stood in front of his door for a longer time than necessary, contemplating if to go in o