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Sara's POV

I moved farther away from the center of the flower fields. I need distance from Bowen. As I sat down I gave into one last mourning for my beloved baby sister.

I whispered a prayer to the moon goddess.

"Moon goddess, Selene, I know you have my sister in your care.

Thank you for the years we had with her.

If she will be reborn, I beseech that her next life will be a long and happy one.

Heal me from my pain and from my hate. May no more children of yours suffer as Abby and the other children did. "

I stood up and looked up the clouds. The sky is clear and beautiful. I tried to my best to get over the heavy feeling. "I will always love you, Abby." I bid farewell as I looked at the heavens.

I walked back to Bowen but got concerned because his face is marked with worry or anger or alarm or all of them. He is speaking over the phone with raised voice. His body actions suggest something big has happened.

Goddess, what could have happened? I became uneasy.

"Secure the pack house and the mansion! Where is the extra security I asked?" Bowen bellowed

I had goosebumps upon hearing him this infuriated. I do not understand myself but somehow I have this pining to touch him, to comfort him.

"Is something wrong?" I spoke softly, not wanting to add to his already sour disposition.

Bowen's face start to soften as he looked at me. He hesitated as if not knowing where to start explaining.

"Nothing." He lied.

"Liar." I threw back.

"I do not want to alarm you." He defended.

"I can handle it. I may be able to help and if this concerns me too, please tell me the truth." I implored.

Even before Bowen could answer, a good twenty well-built warriors approached us. Bowen took my hand and said, "come, we must leave. I will tell you along the way."

"Why are the additional warriors coming with us? Weren't they called to protect the precious lenkacea flowers?" I asked as I got confused why the warriors are trudging along with us.

"They are here to protect what's even more precious than the flowers." Bowen paused to say this as he boldly pinned loose strands of my hair at the back of my ear.

What can be more precious than the flowers than the alpha of the pack himself?"You. They are here to protect you!" I concluded.

"My wolf and I can handle ourselves, if you must know." Bowen sounds a bit offended. "They are here for you. It's not that I cannot protect you myself but I will not leave anything to chance when it comes to you."

I was astonished. For me? More precious than the flowers, he said.... What does he mean?

"Am I in danger?" More and more questions. Then I recalled his conversation at the phone mentioning the pack house and the mansion. My heart tightened. Pappy!

I grabbed Bowen's elbow to still him. "Is the pack house being attacked right at this moment? Bowen, is my Pappy safe? Are the pack members safe? Davos and Trin?"

"We must keep moving, Sara." He pulled my hand again.

"Do not worry. Your grandfather is safe.In the alpha king's drunken state last night, he took your grandfather to the royal pack along with him. It was serendipity that saved the king and your Pappy of today's attempts." Bowen narrated. I sighed in relief.

We finally reached the car and settled in. We begun the drive back to the mansion with a larger entourage. I fiddled with my fingers out of nervousness. Bowen grasped my hand and then his cell phone rang.

He was listening intently to whoever is at the end of the line. His face was serious and then turned agitated. He growled and it freaked me.

Bowen talked in a very angry tone. "No, I will not send her to the royal pack! I have high regard for you, but I will not entrust her to anyone but myself! I have learnt my lesson from the past. She stays with me. You cannot order me!" And he cut the call. The veins on his neck throb.

Bowen was breathing heavily and his wolf almost took over him. I see in his face the heavy weight of anxiety and frustration. I may have resentments over him but I could not resist the urge to comfort him. And so I slowly rubbed his back with my palm to pacify him.

Bowen turned to me and calmed down. "The alpha king wants me to send you to the royal palace. He and the queen believe you will be safer there than in Stone pack." He disclosed. "I cannot do that Sara. Believe me when I tell you that you are safest with me." He convinced.

"What exactly happened? Why this concern over my safety?" I need to know the full events.

"Davos informed me that there was a simultaneous break in at the pack house and in the mansion this morning.

Some rooms at the pack house and the mansion were trashed.

The most damaged are your grandfather's room and your room, Sara.

Goat blood was spilt all over the walls and the bed.

There were also confetti of cursed incantations in the rooms. Witches are involved no doubt!

It so happens too, the witch that King Adar sent to help me, arrives this morning and her car was ambushed along the way.

The witch escaped the attacks but her companions were brutally killed by unknown werewolves.

Davos have the witch and Trin in a safe hiding place in the mansion right now. "

I could not believe what I just heard! People died! Possible connivance between werewolves and witches! I don't even want to entertain the thought of what could have happened to my grandfather if he was still in the room.

Why me? I thought hard and the only thing that added up is that one possibility. I turned Bowen towards me. I need to look him in the eyes when I get his answer.

"Am I your true mate? Is this happening because I am your true mate? Is this Trin's doing?" I asked once and for all.

"You will have your answers soon, my brave one. Let me secure my pack first." Bowen promised as the car stopped in front of his mansion.