ALEXANDER
I had already checked the office twice.
Then the training wing.
Roman wasn’t there.
He wasn't in his room either.
I stopped one of the staff as they passed, my voice controlled, but firm enough that they didn’t hesitate.
“Have you seen Roman?”
The question should have been simple. It wasn’t. Not with everything happening already sitting at the back of my mind like a weight I couldn’t put down.
He hesitated for only a second before answering.
“He… went toward the gate earlier, Alpha.”
That was all he said.
But it was enough.
My expression didn’t change at first, though something in my thoughts pulled sharply.
The gate.
I turned away without thanking them, already moving.
Because that wasn’t normal.
Roman wasn’t someone who wandered off without purpose. He didn’t k
