*Kael*
“Lian!"
I heard the sound of my fake name but was too stunned to respond to it. I was pushed and shoved by the crowd, some snapping at me to get out of the way. But I couldn't move until that female disappeared into an alley.
She struck a chord in the center of my soul. I felt it tug toward her before I even saw her like a flame in the dark—sandy blonde hair, eyes as blue as the faraway Eastern sea, I imagined. She looked like she'd been caught in a dust storm, disheveled and gaunt, but I thought she was the most beautiful shifter I'd ever seen.
But who in the Moon Goddess's hell was she, and why did she find me as easily as I found her?
“Kael!"
The sound of my real name hissed in urgency finally made me turn just as someone grabbed my scruff and yanked me back into the dark a
