Alana's POV
I woke up alone, again drowning in regrets. I stayed in bed for a while, and I could feel something was wrong. It took me a while to realize that I couldn't feel the Prince. It was weird, because I hadn't paid much attention to the bond, but not, it was a heavy feeling, like something was stretching to its breaking point, and it hurt, it really did.
"Where's the Prince?" I asked the two women that were always around me.
"He is gone," the younger one said. "He went to his new mission."
I felt faint. I knew it was coming, he had told me himself, but I thought I had more time, to get used to the idea or try and talk him out of it, I wasn't sure, but I really thought I had more time, and knowing, and feeling, he was gone felt like a physical blow.
"Where's Mona?" I as
