(Elijah's POV) "It's getting dark. What's taking them so long to get back? Are you sure everything is fine over there?" I asked no one in particular. "Maybe we should go check out what's going on then." Cliff suggested. "It was Alpha's order that he accompanies her alone." Joel said. "But at this point, it's getting kind of suspicious, but the confusing thing is that there's no alarm yet, no loud noise of fighting or battle, which should mean that they are still having a peaceful conversation." Rebekah added. Shrugging. And that was right. If there had been any sort of noise coming from afar, I would have been the first to go check out what was going on. I needed her to be safe. I care about her so much, even though she hates me more than anything now. I still want her. It's her

