Alexi POV
Somehow Max had pulled off his idiotic plan and taken Alaia. He had taken her away from her home and her family, and that hurt. He had also, in a way, taken me away from mine, so I knew what it felt like to miss home.
I wanted to help get her back to her pack as soon as possible.
When she touched our arm last night, somehow, she pulled me from the darkness, but only for the briefest of moments before I was forced back in. But it was enough. I was able to see her. I could see how hurt and scared and exhausted she looked.
She was still dressed for her Luna ceremony, and her dress, which I’m sure was once beautiful, was now dirty, ripped, and covered with bloodstains. What I also saw were her eyes. I saw those purple eyes when I looked at her and then realized she was the ke
