Ace's POV I drag myself up the stairs of the Royal Mansion. I spent all day at the hospital with my mother, even though my brothers had left long ago. I have been awake for more than two days and I feel like I am dead on my feet. As I reach the top of the stairs, I see Amber rolling a suitcase down the hallway, mumbling obscenities under her breath. "Where are you going?" I ask her curiously. "Home," she says shortly. "But I thought that you were going to be Bryce's chosen mate?" I am too tired to put two and two together. "He decided to be with that... rogue," Amber says angrily. She pushes by me and storms down the stairs with her suitcase bouncing off the stairs behind her. I suppose that I could have offered to help her to the car with her suitcase, but the

