LENA POV

My father said to stay inside.

Obviously, I didn’t.

The fortress walls shook with every blast, dust raining from the ceiling like the building itself was afraid. The guards outside my door stood stiff, pretending not to see me pacing back and forth like a caged wolf.

“Alpha’s orders,” one of them said again, giving a side eyed look.

I stopped pacing. “Yeah, I heard him. About twenty times. Anything else you want to repeat?”

He said nothing.

Figured.

I went to the ...