Elizabeth's POV The day felt shorter than we had hoped; the hours and minutes had ticked by too fast for my liking. I had prepared myself for what to expect next. My heart was bouncing like a rubber ball in my chest. I was afraid, even terrified, but the hope for a better future gave me the courage to take on my task. I wasn’t only thinking about what it would mean if we could destroy Alastar. The future looked bleak. If we won by killing Alastar, we would relive this again and again until Alastar found a way to have Kona. We had discussed it in an Alpha meeting; the plan was to ensure he couldn’t return. The question was, How? It was Esme's idea on the how part. She had sat quietly and listened to the problems we might have in one of the meetings. She was undisturbed by all the a

