NATALIA'S POV
I wake up happy and contented in the arms of Phoenix but immediately frown when I realize that today, I have to go to the council and stay there until Vernon and his cult have been exterminated permanently.
"Good morning, Love." My frown turns into a smile as I peck Phoenix on the lips. We just completed the mating and it was the best feeling ever but anxiety kept bubbling at the back of my mind and the pit of my stomach. It was that foreshadowing feeling, It seems like something bad would happen today. I just hope with all that is in me that I'd be wrong.
"What's wrong?" Phoenix sits up, bringing me along with him looking at me intensely. I know he knows exactly what I felt. I know he feels it too. He too was in a whirlwind of anxious thoughts in his head but as an Alph
