Ashlyn I opened my eyes to find I was no longer in bed with my mates. I was now standing in a forest that I wasn’t familiar with. Could I be dreaming? It was night, but I could see a dim light coming from up ahead. I quietly made my way to where the light was coming from, staying hidden. I looked around a tree truck to see a clearing lit with torches. People were talking, and I recognized one of them as Susan. She was talking to an older man with some men around him and some followers around her. The man was taller and slimmer, with longer black hair tied back at the nape of his neck. I tried to hear what they were saying but couldn’t understand everything. Something about a deal, and she now knows where we are. Dealing with the Alpha King, whatever that means. The man turned in my dir

