The setting sun glowed over the tiled road as Zephyr trudged home. He hadn’t returned in Xander’s car, nor had he considered taking a cab. The decree from Alpha Magnus pressed heavily on his chest, but what truly suffocated him was the effect it would have on his mother.
She wasn’t just facing banishment. She was being cast out by her own brother, a man she had grown up with, cared for, and trusted. And it was entirely his fault.
If only he had listened to her last night when she begged him to stop.
The guilt settled like a stone in his chest, heavy and unrelenting. His vision blurred, tears stinging his eyes, but he refused to let them fall. He sucked in a breath, trying to steady himself, when the distant roar of an engine cut through the quiet evening.
A car approached from behind,
