Chapter 23

Elvira POV

It had been two days. Two days since I last saw Alpha Jaxon, and every second felt like a lifetime. Those two weeks we spent together felt like years now, and it drove me crazy. I couldn’t stop thinking about what he might be upto. It wasn’t just that he was absent, it was the way I had grown accustomed to his presence, the way I had found comfort in it. It was a strange feeling, one I couldn’t quite place. I was annoyed by it, but even more so by the fact that I missed seeing his face. I hated that I cared, but it was undeniable.

I had been pacing around my room, unable to sit still, my mind racing with questions I had no answers for. What was going on? Where had he gone? My chest tightened with every passing minute, and I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong, something more than just his absence. I had never seen him act like this before. He was cons