Aurora’s POV It’s a new day and a few hours later, Alpha Ryder gave Prince Alfred a tough time when he got back to the mansion completely wasted. That was the first time I had ever seen him so vulnerable. He cried for a minute and then almost immediately half-heartedly laughed. It was like he was slowly going mad. When Prince Alfred managed to take him up the stairs, Alpha Ryder had turned his face away from me and began to cry again, saying I should not look at him. Did he go out just to go and drink? Back in the pack, he was this calm and put-together kind of person. Not a single day had I seen him slack or look less put together, but yesterday, I saw way more than that. I wonder what happened. Did the meeting he went to not go as planned? While I prepared breakfast, I would once in

