*WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS GRAPHIC VIOLENCE!*
While I was out enjoying a heavenly moment with my beautiful mate, I felt at ease. However, I knew the calm wouldn’t last long.
As soon as we got back to our room, we went straight to bed. Valerie was so tired that she immediately fell asleep in my arms, but I wasn’t so lucky. My eyes were peeled and I couldn’t bring myself to shut them, worried that if I lowered my guard, the worst could happen. Aurora was uneasy as well, walking in circles in my head without uttering a single word. Despite how perfect our night had been, it was almost as if we could sense things would take a tragic turn sooner than later. I wanted to be wrong, but when the emergency sirens sounded, waking up the entire packhouse, I knew I wasn’t.
The moment we had bee
