Roman's POV:
"Hey, why all the frowny faces?" Lyle asked as he strutted into the room. He looked better, freshly showered and shaved, no longer harboring the crazed manic energy from his wolf.
“No reason... How’s your mate?” I asked, mainly to show Stuart that he didn't need to tiptoe around me.
“She’s sleeping now," he murmured, his voice tender yet filled with anticipation. "But I have plans to show her around once she wakes up, to introduce her properly to the pack as their new Beta female." His eyes shimmered with genuine excitement, a stark contrast to the bittersweet nostalgia he often carried. I hadn’t seen my boy this giddy since our teenage years—his longing for a mate, unfulfilled for all these years, had left a bitter taste in his life. Yet, witnessing him now, filled with h
