9. Toughen up, darling

[ELARA]

There’s no wedding night, of course. I never held my breath for it. Magnus doesn’t even bother to come back into the room that is supposedly his for the rest of the night. I toss and turn on the soft bed all night, instead, watching the netted fabric hanging from the bedposts flutter along with the wind.

I see the sky turn darker and quieter until the sun takes over, casting a warm glow inside the chamber.

Kayla’s face never leaves my mind. And my last words to Alec haunt me. ‘Go, Alec. Get out of here! You’re a guard. You should know your place,’ I had yelled at him.

While the human maids helped me around during the day to adjust to this new, strange place, I didn’t have it in me to strike any indulging conversation.

The only question that has been plaguing me is: what happened there, after I left, that turned Alec into a rogue werewolf?

Rogueness is complicated but it can be as easily triggered. We werewolves are supernatural creatures, our abilities and senses heightened;