Aiden’s POV
It was a faint feeling, but I could still feel Carol’s anxiety and pain. Something was going on at the empire that was upsetting her, and it was driving me insane. I could feel it the moment she got to the empire last night but when I spoke to her on the phone, she said everything was fine and that she missed me. Even as I heard the words she spoke; I could tell her feelings didn’t match them. Something was wrong and she was worried about my response. She didn’t want to stress me out any more than I was already stressed out.
Letting her go to the empire without me was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do, but it’s not like I could just leave the pack without an Alpha. My father was in no shape to run the pack, and Oliver had done enough to help me over the course of
