Missing Warriors

Evaline:

Sunday mornings at the council headquarters were usually quieter. Most of the council members took the day to rest unless something urgent required attention.

But I arrived there at nine sharp, dressed in my usual clothes, hair pulled back, and with a calm expression. Or at least that's what I was showing on the outside.

Inside, I was hollow.

I didn't sleep well as the nightmares were back. Barely ate in the morning and my head was throbbing. Yet, here I was, pretending like I hadn't been paraded like a fragile pet by the most feared Alpha in our world.

Since last night, my phone had buzzed several times with calls and messages from Kieran, Oscar, and Draven.

But I didn't attend the calls or opened their messages. I didn't need to read them to know what they would say.

"We didn't know."

"River went too far."

"Are you okay?"