*****Kat''s POV*****


    "Would you like some more?" I asked Jace, scooping more of the food into his te. He shook his head, "This is fine, I don''t want much." He replied and I nodded.


    I apanied him in his room to take care of him and make sure he was fine. These past few days have been the worst times for us. My motive of making him finally fall for me and marking me went crashing down because of the current issues at hand. I couldn''t also deny the fact that I felt real fear the moment I had seen him running out of the south river forest with Erika. For a moment there, I thought I might lose him.


    "What are you thinking about?" Jace''s voice pulled me out of my train of thoughts and I shed a smile in his direction.


    "Nothing you should worry about." I replied, not about to tell him the truth of being hurt by his absence. His gaze narrowed as he watched my face that masked my pains.


    "You''re not ok," he pointed out, a frown making its way to his handsome face. I smiled, also biting the inside of my cheek to hold back the sob about to burst out.


    Jace was sitting on the bed and leaning on the headboard, then I was sitting before him. Before I could realize what was going on, Jace reached out to pull me into his arms. For the first time ever, he initiated it without me being the total piss off.


    As if on coo, my damn broke and the tears burst out like a river. I cried so much, staining his shirt in the process. Jace stayed quiet and rubbed my back soothingly, he knew just how much I was hurting. I was normally never a crybaby, but the events that transpired recently made me turn into one. The yfulness and charm I always carried was nowhere to be found.


    "Shh, it''s all going to be fine." He said into my hair.


    "When? When will it ever be fine?" I asked, my voice breaking at the end of the question. Everyone kept saying that everything would be fine, but nothing ever seems to be fine. Everything was turned upside down. Each time we found peace, it wouldn''tst for a day and another problem would arise. This was not the peace I imagined for me and my mate, including my friends.


    Erika left her husband toe back and take over Ironw, but ever since her reign began, she has never known peace. Everyone around had never known peace. Alpha Jerome was still kept somewhere suffering from poison. Jace escaped death multiple times. I was almost killed too. No one was spared.


    "Stop thinking, Kat." Jace ordered, pulling away to stare at my face that had tears running down in it. "It''s really going to be alright." He added reassuringly and sniffed.


    "I almost lost you." I croaked out, my voice hoarse and demanding.


    "But you didn''t." He replied. I expected him to ignore that question as he found it sensitive each time I spoke about us.


    "What if theye at it again?" I asked again, overthinking was never far from me. Jace shook his head and held my face.


    "They won''te again."


    "But what if th_"


    "Shhh.... Enough of the what ifs, be positive, even if theye again, they won''t seed. I''ll make sure of that." He said softly and I instantly melted into his arms, embracing him tightly as if he would disappear if I let go of him.


    Well maybe he really might disappear.


    After a while of staying in silence, he pulled away and stared at me. "Let''s eat together before we discuss how to go about Tasyra''s case." At the mention of that bitch''s name, I felt my insides churn in anger as the pain in my heart turned to anger. That very girl who tried to steal Jace away from me.


    I know this isn''t right, but I felt kind of happy that she was abducted.


    "I''m not hungry." I shook my head, trying so hard to hide the anger in my eyes as I watched him slowly duh into the food. He needed lots of meat and nutrients to heal up his wounds quickly.


    I stood up to my feet, a smile on my face as I informed. "I''ll be downstairs"


    "What are you going downstairs to do?" he asked me with a raised brow and I sighed. "To see the girls, I have something to discuss with them."


    Jace watched me for a while and shrugged.


    "Alright." I nodded before making my way out of the room and straight downstairs.


    Elder Gridshade asked for help in finding Tasyra, but if she is found, she would make advances towards Jace again. A part of me was


    wishing she would be found, but the other part wished that she never


    came back.


    I saw the girls sitting downstairs in the living room and I approached them. Pa


    was pacing back and forth while Erika was frozen at the other side.


    I scrunched my face in confusion and approached Pa who at least looked approachable.


    "Paul''s what''s wrong?" I asked, taking in the sight of the living room. The living room was actually still intact, and there was nothing there to see.


    Pa reached out a hand to give me the letter in her hand and the moment I took the letter and read its content, I froze on track.


    "What?!"