KLAUS’S POV
I just wanted to clear my head. That was the only reason I was out there, walking around the pack grounds that morning. The sun was just rising over the trees, the grass still wet beneath my boots, and the air had that calm silence that comes before the chaos of the day.
And then, I heard it—someone calling out, small and excited. "Alpha Klaus!"
Before I could even register the voice, something small slammed into my leg. I looked down—and there he was. Bernard.
The boy was hugging my leg like he knew me. Like I was someone worth running to. I blinked, stunned for a second, wondering where the hell he’d even come from.
"Where’s your—" I started to ask, but I didn’t need to finish.
Because right then, Gina came rushing out from behind the trees, breathless, her eyes wide wi
