Wysteria POV
"Master!"
"Wysteria! Open the door!"
I dropped the shield and caught Alice bursting her body through it and into my embrace. Alice's sobbing grew wild, and I ran my hand over her head.
"How could you... How could you do that?!"
"I am sorry," I whispered and let her howl in my chest.
The knocking on the door had gone quiet, and I tended to Alice's new form. "Feeling better now?"
Alice nodded and slowly raised her head and wiped her tears with the back of her palm. "Milady, there's something about Mate Mark that you need to know."
Alice parted and sat curtly. "You can find him. You can trace him through the mark."
"Trace him? The person who marked me?" I ran my hand over the mark.
"The bond may have forged one-sided, but a path had been opened. You can sense him, an
