Astrid returned to the palace at creak of dawn, in confusion, shaken, and broken. Everything was over. It was either she kill Alaric or her brothers together with Liam would be killed instead. And the worst of all, the Lycan King said she only had one day to do it. He also too the book she had gone back retrieve from her hometown, reducing her efforts t9 nothing.
Astrid was not watching where she was going and ended up bumping into someone.
"I'm sorry. I—" She went silent when her eyes met with the person's.
"Why did you wake up so early?" Alaric questioned, gently holding Astra's cold palms. "You're so cold. Did you go outside?"
Astrid's heart skipped a beat knowing not only had she gone outside, but also outside the confines of the palace. If only she could turn back time, she wouldn't have dared to to do so. Now everything was messed up than earlier.
