Kayden’s POV
The moment we arrived at the pack, I knew I had to shift back, but I couldn’t do it in front of Leticia.
She hasn’t mentioned what happened back in the Academy, but I’m sure she is still processing, and I don’t want her to feel uncomfortable by seeing me naked.
That was the least I could do, and besides, I had to prepare myself to say goodbye to my father.
Everyone knew if you used your power too much, you would be doomed.
There was no escape.
That truth had been carved into me since I was old enough to understand what the omium really meant. Watch your father fight it every day, watch the color slowly bleed from his skin, watch the way his hands shake when he thinks no one’s looking, and you learn early that power always comes with a price.
When Leticia came to thi
