REBECCA
It was the middle of the night when I woke up. At first, I couldn't figure out why, but when I opened my eyes and turned around, everything became clearer.
Reiner wasn’t there.
I frowned, searching for his mind. Maybe he went to the bathroom, or for a run through the forest.
Neither.
He was on the patio, his mind clouded with a shadow of sadness. Suspicious and worried, I quickly slipped into a light robe and went down to him.
I found him sitting on one of the lounge chairs next to the fire pit, holding a phone different from his usual one. I recognized it immediately – it was his work phone, the one he used when he was Alpha.
I started to understand why he was upset.
“Hey,” I murmured, walking over to him and sitting at the end of the lounge chair. “People usually sleep at
