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, her gaze locking with Dana's, Dana altered her steps unable to look away. Milan's eyes looked between Dana and the worker "Do you know her?." Milan's voice cuts through, Suspicion lying in her voice. Dana shook her head, breaking the eye contact "No...no, not at all."She said. They went silent for a moment. " That girl... she was banished from her pack," Milan said, her expression turning serious. 'Silvercrest pack "she found out about a plot to kill their Luna and she was sent away after that, she paused." I found her days before I found you in the woods."She said as her eyes glanced over to Dana. Dana's breath fastened as the Image flooded her mind, the carriage ride, the hushed voice, "Take her far away where she will never find her way." someone had said. Her heart raced as those words began to echo through her mind. She placed her palm on her head" I need to take a rest, I'm feeling a headache coming on." she said as she and Milan walked away to the pack house. *** ~Alden~ Alden sat on his chair, his breath shallow, feeling a pain in his chest as he breathed in and out. His muscle were tightened and his legs that had carried him in a series of battles could not stand on their own without little effort, his eyes were hot and his temperature was beyond normal. How did it come to this? He thought. He had never felt so weak and powerless with something he couldn't fight. The sickness has slowly drained his energy bit by bit. His Beta stepped forward, his eyes filled with worries"You need to rest, my Alpha." Alden shook his head "Rest? ...no, Rest isn't something I need right now, we need to find a solution." he said, clenching his teeth in pain." Rest won't heal me ." he muttered. His Beta glanced at the others, not sure of how to respond. As they discussed the next step, Alden's mind drifted back to when he had rejected his mate,