After spending the night with the alpha, Aurora was bedridden with a fever for over a week. She was barely conscious when fed and medicated, but her fever didn't break until the fifth day. Even then, she could only stay in bed, listening to Annie weep for her while cursing the alpha under her breath for putting her mistress through such torment.

However, if the alpha truly intended to take revenge on Aurora the way Alpha Gerald had done to him, Aurora wouldn't be here now. She ...