Chapter 66

Alpha Ronan

When Delaney and the rest arrived a little after sundown the next day, Kai and I sat on one of the balconies, looking over the front yard. We watched as Delaney hightailed out of the car, barely saying a goodnight to Carter.

"Something is wrong with her," I told Kai, getting up to intercept her before she reached her room.

"Or maybe she is just in a hurry to find us. I'm sure she has missed us just as we have," Kai stated, taking his sweet time to stand up. He was always the positive one, but in this, I could tell that Del wasn't okay. Call it a hunch or a mate's bond, but I truly felt it.

By the time we got to our wing, she had already gotten inside her bedroom. We knocked and even tried to push the door, but she had locked it from inside. Eventually her soft yet broken voice came through, telling us t