KENDRICK POV Okay, I’ll give it to Kings. He was good at swooning his way into everyone’s heart with his kindness, thoughtfulness, and utterly never-ending love. The bastard. People just melted around him. Wolves, witches, fae, old ladies at the market—he had that effect. Even cats liked him. Freaking cats. And I was a bit jealous I didn’t have that idea myself. I was the planner. The logistic guy. I mapped out schedules, rerouted supply chains during winter storms, and made backup contingency files for the backup contingency files. But I guess I’d been too wrapped up in my own head lately. Freaking out about all the things that could get out of my control. Trying to hold the world together with duct tape and caffeine. Still, I could do something for my little mate. And her friends.

