Chapter 46

Alpha Alexis POV

Before Aurora went to sleep, I saw her eyes. They were scared and it stirred something inside of me, a feeling that made me feel sick to my stomach. She reeked of fear and when she sobbed, she shook like a broken rag doll and all I wanted to do was keep her safe.

I woke up and looked at Aurora who had her arms wrapped around me and was still sleeping as if she was clinging onto her life.

As much as I liked the position we were in, I had a meeting to attend in the early hours of this morning, it seemed something had gone wrong for the council to summon all Alphas.

I hurried through my routine only to return to Aurora's room. She was still sleeping soundly and the urge to give her a forehead kiss almost overpowered me. so I left before I did something stupid. 

But before then, I couldn't get the image of her tears out of my head. So I gently tugged her fully under the duvet. My heart pounded like mad