Alpha Rowland's POV I heaved a sigh as I walked into my room after returning from a meeting I had attended in the early hours of the morning. Tired and exhausted, I breathed heavily as I walked to the closet to change my clothes. I suddenly caught a smell of detergent. My clothes had just been washed. I thought. I undressed rapidly and moved to the bed, slumping on it like a tree had fallen in the woods. I exhaled rapidly and lay on my chest for a while, trying to catch my breath. After some time, I turned on the bed, facing the ceiling, when I suddenly remembered today was a council meeting. I lay down on my bed, waiting patiently for the elders to arrive for the council meeting. My fingers were clenched into each other on my stomach and my legs were placed on each other as I shook the

