After naming them all, she falls asleep from the long exhausting day. If she even knew just how exhausting it was, she would worry, and that is exactly why I chose not to tell her. Staying by her the whole time, I try to sleep in the most uncomfortable chair there is. When I move just a few inches, it grates against the tile floor, while making an unbearable noise that hurts my ears.

After I tell the guards to be on high alert for Alpha Andrei, my eyes eventually close, but the moment I hear someone open the door, I sit straight up in the chair and look right...