Alpha King Alistair I closed Delphine’s door silently and stood outside her room for some time. I'm not sure I even understand what just happened. Earlier, I was about to enter my room when I heard her screaming and wailing. I barged into her room, thinking there was a problem, but I found Delphine instead, screaming and crying in her sleep. She was having a nightmare, and whatever was plaguing her dreams must have been extremely dreadful to elicit this kind of reaction from her. I moved gently towards her; I was shocked when I saw claw marks on her skin; it looked like she had been violently trying to claw at her arms like they were the cause of her misfortune. I gently cradled her crying form to comfort her. She slowly woke up and realized where she was. What she said is stil

