Alyona was silent as she walked beside me down to the dining hall, but Asher was growling furiously inside of me. When Amery and I had come back to my wing to introduce Ally to another one of her guards and found her gone, I'd nearly lost it. Amelia had to give me an injection just to keep me in control. I'd followed her scent to the garden only to find the trail ending by a group of trees. I searched for her for an hour before I brought in my guards and still there was no sign of her. 'I thought someone checked the falls!?' Asher reminded me, 'What if they were lying and Landon and Ally spent the entire afternoon in his chambers!?' I looked down at my mate who was looking at her feet. What was I going to do to get her to accept me? The Alpha in me wanted to just mark her against her w