Jordan's POV
I opened my eyes abruptly under the soft lights inside the bunker. There was something wrong. The atmosphere seemed too still, and the place where Nova was lying appeared too neat, with the blanket folded back in such a way that she had tried to conceal her departure. I stood up quickly; my body was trained over the years to keep an eye on my Alpha's back. Rose got up beside me, her body stiff from her wounded side.
I took three steps across the room and touched the bedsheet with my hand. It was cold. She must have been gone for some time already. The world spun around me in dizzy circles.
"Nova is gone."
Rose tried to get up, but winced from the pain it caused her. "What do you mean, gone?"
I did not answer at once. I went to the stairs and climbed them slowly but surely
