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I woke up with the cold wind blowing hard against my skin which was strange because we were in the southern pack and the weather here isn't as harsh as Panselinos.

Bothered, I reached out for Ian who should be beside me to keep me warm. Did I forget to close the window last night?

To my surprise, when I reached my hand out, his side of the bed was empty. My eyes immediately opened and I found myself alone in the room. The window was opened, as if by accident, the white curtain was getting swayed outside the room.

It must have been the crack of dawn because the air was chilly cold and the sky was still dim.

I looked down and see that my white nightdress was completely dirty and all mudded up. It looked like I just came from a long run from outside, but I was never inside.

Is this a dream? I ask my wolf.

It's a vision. I smell her, my wolf answers and took over. As soon as my wolf took control, she jumped out the window and I quickly scolded her for not being careful.

My bearing of a child is still very delicate and I absolutely needed to be careful.

Who are you sensing to be this irrational when you know that I'm carrying a living soul inside me?! I say quite annoyed.

My wolf whimpered lightly, signing me that she was sorry, but she led us to the forest as if chasing for something. But I couldn't see anyone or anything. I felt like we were running for nothing.

But then I hear a scream. A shrill piercing through the sky, a cry of desperate help.

It's her, the fourth warrior, my wolf quietly says and instantly, I got alarmed.

The fourth warrior?

I concentrated my senses and sure enough, she was around, but very faintly. Her scent... it's different. I focused even more, but the more I put my mind to it, the more traces of her disappeared.

And after a while of running, the feeling that she was nearby completely disappeared and my wolf slowed down. However, as we were slowing down, from a distance I could see someone standing in the middle of the forest.

An enemy? A Stray?

No, it's someone I know.

The closer I got, I was able to see.

It was Cassian.

He was panting hard and looking frantically in all directions as if he had just lost his prey. Seeing me, he was surprised too, but then he looked frustrated.

"C-Cassian, what are you doing out here?" I ask while putting my arms around me, the cold of the dawn was pretty strong.

"N-nothing, I just..." he took a break and caught his breath, "I almost had it." he says, frustration can be heard from his voice.

"Were you chasing someone?" I ask again getting closer to him, worries invading my mind.

"N-no. I don't know. I don't know too." he says repeatedly fast. He looked confused, as if losing the last piece in a jigsaw puzzle that he was desperately trying to complete.

I wanted to say more, but he probably wouldn't be able to hear me. I could almost see the little hamster running in circles inside his head, his thoughts getting a hold of him.

It was only then that I noticed that I didn't even have shoes, my feet hurt under the muddy ground, my nightdress completely ruined. I winced lightly, I must have hit on a lot of branches and bruised my feet.

And then I could hear Ian's voice calling me out through the mind link asking me where I am.

'I'm in the forest, please come fast' is all I say and stood still, just looking at Cassian.

I wonder if he heard that scream too. Come to think of it, we suspect that Cassian would be the fourth warrior's mate and if he did hear her too and chased her out here like me, then the possibility was enormous, if not making our assumptions true.

Finally, he seemed to have calmed down. He stood up and then when he saw me again, he looked surprised.

"Y-you're still here." he says and gets his composure back. I could see his sweat trickling down. He must've been running for quite a while to look that exhausted.

"Did you hear her too?" I asked finally. His eyes widen, but I could see that he understood exactly what I was talking about.

"You too? Do you know who she is? Please, if you kn--" Cassian was starting to plead when we hear footsteps coming near us.

In just a few moments, we see a group of people coming around us. It was everyone and the one who led it was Ian.

Seeing the scene before him, Cassian and I alone in the forest, I could see anger flaring up in his eyes and my breath hitched.

Oh damn.

How do I explain this situation?

Everyone must've noticed too because they all had an awkward look on their faces, I could see Hazel sending me sign of good luck.

Ian stopped for a bit, looking the mess that I was from head to toe and took big steps towards me. He took off the shirt that he was wearing and made me wear it.

Ah right, damn it. My nightdress was probably see through, though it was still pretty dark.

Am I in trouble or am I in trouble?

Even Maddie who didn't know much about mates and the relationship they were supposedly have looked nervous for me.

I tried smiling at Ian, but he didn't bother. He already looked mad.

"I-it's not what you think," I whisper to him.

'Yeah right, you better explain,' he said, annoyed, through our mind link. I sighed a sigh of relief that he was at least willing to listen.

"It's true, she just happened to see me..." Cassian explained but he was too down to explain anything properly.

"The fourth warrior, I had a vision of her, in my vision, my wolf started to chase the fourth warrior, but when I came to my senses I was already here and Cassian was here too."

"The fourth warrior?" Archer questioned before yawning. His sleep was disturbed.

I nodded towards him. I could see question marks popping out the heads of the others, but it was way too early for this.

"Let's all go back to sleep first, shouldn't we? I believe Cassian and Hannah are too tired for now. We'll all talk about this later." Kasen, Chase's brother and Gamma, mentioned.

Oh my gosh, I love you. I thanked Kasen in my head while I kept my eyes on the bare skin of my mate. He must've been cold.

After everyone agreed, everyone including Cassian made their way back to the pack house.

However, I couldn't move because if I moved the soles of my feet would hurt me and I didn't exactly want to heal myself because I didn't want any repercussions to hurt my child.

Ian seemed to have already known this because he lifted me off the ground and carried me bridal style without saying a word. I could feel that he was upset, but not angry.

"I'm sorry, it happened all of a sudden. I woke up and you weren't there, when I came to my senses that's when I was already here." I tell him and put my arms around his neck to hold onto him properly.

He took a deep breath and looked at me, stopping from the walk back. My heart started beating rapidly again as he looked at me with those eyes. Then, he put his forehead against mine.

"I know, I believe you... I just,... couldn't help but get jealous when I saw you alone with Cassian, it was my wolf too. I'm sorry." he apologizes too.

I smiled.

"You and your Alpha wolf." I tease as I shake my head at him. See, it was nature that Alpha wolves had terrible jealousy even if there were no reason to.

I knew Ian had little trouble controlling the emotions that he and his wolf had, but the situation must've had him lose his cool and lost his control.

Resting my head on his shoulder and hugged him tighter as he carried me back to the pack house.

And although I fought hard to stay awake through the short journey, sleep took a hold of me as I gently fell back to slumber while in the arms of my mate.

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