Elena POV
Cassandra turned to me, silent, her chest heaving, but I could see the desperation in her eyes. Liquid gathered in her blue eyes, just short of spilling over.
I let out a long breath and stepped in front of her, mustering a small smile to my face as I turned to Alpha Caleb, “is it alright if we send her back a little later?
With how distraught she is right now, she’s clearly not in the right state for any kind of travel.”
“Distraught?” Caleb scoffed, craning his neck to look at her behind me, “she’s only distraught at having her fun cut short.
How irresponsible as a royal.”
He shook his head, “I’m sorry to have let you see such an embarrassing scene, Draven, Luna, but she’s coming back home with me. Our mother would want to see her before she passed.”
“She wouldn’t.” A s
