When Theo left, the room felt lighter like the air had been holding its breath the whole time he was here.
Raya exhaled loudly. “I swear, that man walks in and the temperature drops ten degrees.”
Kai chuckled from where he stood by the window. “Come on, he’s not that bad.”
Raya gave him a flat look. “You’re only saying that because he is going to be the Alpha soon. I’m saying it because I have eyes. And instincts.”
Kai laughed again, shaking his head. “You just don’t like anyone who can out-stare you.”
Raya shot him a dirty look but she didn’t argue, mumbling something under her breath about Theo’s “control issues.”
Kai snorted, amusement tugging at his lips. “Be nice.”
Raya gave him a flat look. “I am being nice. That’s my nice voice.”
A small smile tugged at the corner of my mout
