DEREK'S POV

I decided to attend to the files since I was unable to see Imelda. Hopefully I'll get to see her during breakfast and talk to her.

Ever since Eric woke me up from my dream, I couldn't stop thinking of her. Thoughts of her have been in my head and I kept wondering what it would feel like to really touch her and not just dream about it.

I flipped through the files, frowning. The elders wanted the rogue wolves dead but I saw no need for that. We needed slaves and they could come in handy if they were captured.

"Why didn't you object when they were...