The next day, when Elena woke up, the sky was still dark. The street lamp outside was illuminating the room exactly the same way as when she fell asleep. It felt like time had stopped in this strange city, and there would never be any sunlight. It was supposed to be depressing, but Elena felt no such thing. She was in a brisk mood as the sleep she had just had was so deep and relaxing. When that strange Alpha pulled away from her and left, she felt disappointed and confused, but that’s all of it. The experience with her ex-boyfriend had taught her lessons. She stopped overthinking about things that were out of her control. Hearing him leave the apartment, she sat up from his bed and observed his bedroom. It was a very small room, narrow and kind of messy. Books and magazines were scatt

