CHAPTER 49
Derek's POV
“Your father might be dying.” A voice whispered so close to my ear, almost as if it had its mouth to my ear. “..but the Alpha King remains.”
I quickly turned around, but there was no one in sight. I was there alone, at least so it seemed.
“Where are you?” I called loudly. “Show yourself!”
“What do you want from me, Prince Derek?”
I followed the voice the a small rock just a few feet away from me, where a woman at calmly regarding me. The same woman I had seen the last time I came up here, except…
She didn't look so good herself. She appeared pale, and her hair, which moved around her head in a flowy state, was not cascading down her shoulders, and what's more, her radiance had diminished too.
“You see what I've become.” She spoke softly. “You see what I have
