Jaxon POV I awoke to the sound of my mother knocking on the door, Alex sitting up beside me, looking bleary-eyed but gorgeous as all hell. I yawned, and sleepily got to my feet, padding across the floor and opening the door clad in only a pair of boxers, my hair all mussed, my eyes barely focussing as my mother gave me a scowl, for once not looking like she was in a good mood, even as Alex sleepily joined me. “Mother, what’s wrong?” I asked yawning again and desperately wishing I was back in bed with my mate who had the most adorable bedhead hair. She sighed. “Stella is gone,” she said with a frown “She’s not in her room and nobody has seen her on the grounds and in the packhouse anywhere.” Great. I ran a hand through my hair in exasperation, feeling slightly more awake. “I’ll go and

