**Chapter 24 – A New Beginning?**
Elena’s POV:
I sat in my room, staring at the ceiling, my mind spinning in every direction.
Everything that happened felt like a dream—one I wasn’t sure I wanted to wake up from. The shocked stares, the whispers, my mate standing beside me, declaring to the entire pack that I was *his*. I was supposed to escape but here I was, who would have guessed he was the Alpha king.
A slow warmth spread through me, something unfamiliar. Happiness? Excitement? I wasn’t sure. All I knew was that, for the first time in my life, I felt like I had a sliver of power in my hands.
But that feeling didn’t last long.
Voices downstairs broke through my thoughts.
I recognized one immediately—Rachael.
Curious, I pushed myself off the bed and made my way out
