DANTE’S POV The moment Marcus burst into my office without knocking, I already knew something was wrong. He smelled of adrenaline and anxiety, and his voice usually steady shook. Something had happened and I had a clue to what it was, I just couldn’t believe that I hadn't noticed it until now. “Alpha… Selene is gone.” The words didn’t make sense at first. They hung in the air like smoke what did he mean gone? Just gone, gone where? Had she finally decide to leave me? Had she finally had enough of me? Maybe I should have been relieved that she had left because that is what I had been saying I wanted this whole time. But now I wondered if that was really something that I wanted. “She’s… what?” Marcus swallowed. “Her room is empty. No one saw her leave. She didn’t go through any monitor

