(Hirre's POV). "Don't hesitate, Hirre," Harsha urged me for the fifth time, but I still hesitated to dial the number on the phone in my hand. Alejandro had been gone for almost an hour now. And I was intending to text Severus to tell him I was going back home. But I didn't want to contact him first, which would mean I was giving up telling him that. Oh well! I'd better call the King, then Severus will naturally know. I thought of that, so I dialed King Ansel's number. "Yes, Hirre?" King Ansel immediately answered as he spoke from the other line. I took a deep breath before I answered him, "King Ansel, I want to tell you that I want to go back to my pack for a while." "Why? How about your exam? Did Severus bully you?" King Ansel asked me. From his tone of voice, I knew he was worried a