Is this what death feels like I wondered in my head. All around me was the darkness with no amount of light for me to see. I walked aimlessly forward to see if I could escape from the blackness of my surroundings. Quickly I breeze by me and I turn to see a globe of light to my left that hadn't been there before. Walking towards it I touched the globe to see if anything would happen.

Nothing.

Of course, what I had been thinking, it shouldn't have been that easy. Before I could walk away from the globe a bright shine came from it that I had to cover my eyes. When I looked back at the ball of light it started to circle around me.

"Non enim inveni eam, regina nostra" it began to chant.

Tendrils of light attached to the ball floated over to me and grabbed onto my wrists.

"What the fuck" I screamed trying to pull my hands away from the light.

My survival instincts turned on and I started to use my werewolf strength to get out of the grasp of the light. Digging my feet into the ground I pushed with all my strength with no luck. What is happening?

The ball began to chant once again "Regina nostra, Analise Kade. Regina nostra, Analise Kade."

Still trying to get out of the ethereal object's grasp the ball of light came closer to my face.

"Regina, regina, regina, regina."

Slowly the chanting began to disappear as I lost consciousness of my body. When I was conscious I began to scream before my body embraced me. Realizing that it was Sin I buried my face into his shoulder, calming my breathing down. Questions started to float in my head wondering how the hell am I still alive? The last thing I remember is the black smoke touching me and then I went to that alternate universe of darkness. When I finally calmed down I removed my head from his shoulder but Sin didn't let me out of his embrace. Rissa, Aiden, and Xavier gave me a group hug while I was still in Sin's lap. After our embrace, Aiden and Xavier gave me a peck on my forehead before removing themselves from me.

"Thank god you're ok" Rissa whispered in my ear before copying Aiden and Xavier's action removing herself from me.

I finally asked the question that we all are probably thinking "How the hell am I still alive?"

Rissa started to explain "We don't know, one second you were there and next you disappeared along with the black smoke. You were gone for almost ten minutes before you reappeared unconscious. Sinclair carried you back to the castle and we waited for you to wake up."

Darius asked, "Do you know where you went?"

Recalling the events, I said "It was completely dark and there was a ball of light there. It was like it was a living creature and kept saying the same word over and over."

"What was it?" Xavier asked.

"Regina" I replied.

Immediately Sin removed himself from me and shared a look with Adonis who looked like he was about to shit himself. When I turned towards Sin he had a terrified look in his eyes almost the same as Adonis's.

"Wait, do you know something about it Sin?" I asked him.

As usual, he masked his face once again unlike Adonis who couldn't remove the fear from his face.

Sin soullessly replied "No idea."

Remember the trick I had to identify if someone was lying, well my radar was in the red. Why the hell was Sinclair lying to me?Before I could ask him, Sin and Adonis abruptly removed themselves from the room. My anger flared because I knew for sure that the two of them knew what was happening. Ever since I got here they have been acting all cagy and secretive from the beginning. At first, I thought it was just a brother thing but now I am pretty sure they knew something about the black smoke. I was going to rip a new one into Sin the next time I saw him because he could be withholding vital information we could need. Everyone left me to rest for tomorrow's trip except for Leo who needed to talk to me. He sat in the chair next to my bed.

"Hey," he said to me.

"This is kind of weird, we don't really talk" I replied.

Leo laughed and said "Yeah I heard a lot about you though from Cari. Maybe we can be friends during this trip."

Giving him a small smile, I said "I would like that. I mean you must know all the embarrassing secrets about Rissa."

"Of course I do. I never had anyone to share it with but now you will be the first to know the inside scoop."

We both laughed and then after a few seconds he said "You gave us all a scare with your disappearing act, Ana."

"Yeah sorry about that. Still kind of confused on why and still alive and kicking."

"Doesn't really matter, at least you are alive. Cari would have been devastated if you did die."

Leo continued to say "She didn't really have any friends, only the boys and me. I wanted to thank you for that."

I replied with a scoff and said "You don't need to thank me for that. Rissa's one of my first girlfriends."

"I guess you both needed each other. Anyway, I should go now you need you to rest after today if you want to be even remotely ready for tomorrow."

As he was leaving the room I said "Hey wait, you better tell the stories on the plane."

"You can count on it."

Smiling, I went to the bathroom to get ready for bed that night. Wanting to get rid of the dirt from the running I took my clothes off for a quick shower. When I went to tie my hair up I noticed a dark tattoo swirling up from my wrist. Nobody had mentioned it due to the sleeves of my shirt covering it. That hadn't been there before, that fucking black smoke or the light must have marked me. Taking a quick shower contemplating over the tattoo on my wrist, I knew that I had to get to the bottom of this and fast. The next morning I was awakened by a screaming Aiden in the common room.

"Wake up bitches, time for the two of you to go to Greece."

Groggily waking up I splashed water on my face in the bathroom to wake me up. Aiden was going back to Midnight tonight since it had already been too long for the pack to be without an Alpha. He was leaving at the same time as us to head back home. The rest of us had a flight at eight in the morning on Sinclair's private jet to go to Greece. After putting on some sweatpants and a hoodie to hide my tattoo, I walked into the common room for some cereal. The three of us had a quiet and quick breakfast before getting our things to leave. Some servants in the castle took our bags and put them in the two cars in front of the castle. Xavier and I walked over to Aiden's car today goodbye to him. We had one final goodbye hug with him before we left.

Before leaving I said to Aiden "Drive safe and I love you."

"Love you too, Ana," he said, giving me one final hug before I walked back into our car.

I was riding with Rissa and Leo while Adonis and Sin rode together. It took us about an hour to get to the plane before boarding it. Still mad at Sin for lying, I sat with Rissa and Leo on the opposite side of the plane. On our ride to Greece, Leo told about the numerous embarrassing Rissa moments since he met her. I laughed the entire time as Rissa continuously told Leo to shut the fuck up but he didn't listen. Once we got to the hotel I was about to make my way into the room until Sin blocked me from going in.

"We need to talk."

Without giving me a chance to answer he dragged me into a hotel cafe."What the hell do you want," I asked angrily.

Annoyed, Sin asked me "What the hell is your problem, Ana?"

He said Ana and not sweetheart. His comment just made me angrier than I already was.

"You want to know my problem, well let me tell you. I know you're lying about not knowing where I was."

His face softened and he said "Sweetheart—"

Interrupting him I said, "No you don't get to do that."

"Ana it's better if you don't know. Sometimes the truth is dangerous."

Getting up from my seat I turned to leave but before I did I said "Don't bullshit me. I have had multiple people lie and betray me because no matter if the truth is dangerous or not, it is always better than a lie."

With that, I left to go back to my room to go to bed and get ready to begin our journey tomorrow. Entering my hotel room that had a mattress in the middle, I immediately changed into my nightclothes and put myself under the cover of my bed. Ridding my mind of anger, I mentally got myself ready for tomorrow.

After all, the five of us will be journeying into the unknown of the Steni Forest tomorrow.