Chapter 80
Vanya
The sky was still tinged with the lavender hues of dawn when I finally made it back inside the Thalvion walls.
My legs ached, my lungs burned, and my head felt like it was holding a thousand racing thoughts hostage. At dawn the guards were least active and it was easy to sneak in through the passage Kross showed her. It was expected of the first time shifters to come back on the following day of the night they shifted. So, it was an advantage for me that not many Alpha's would be around at this time and I didn’t run into anyone on the way in, and thank the Moon for that—I wouldn’t have been able to explain the wild look in my eyes, the wild hair, or the fact that I was a girl.
Kross hadn’t returned to the dorm.
His bed was empty, untouched.
And for a moment, just a s
