Lycan’s POV
I leaned against the stone pillar just outside the inner courtyard, arms folded, eyes tracking the movement below.
“They’re restless.”
The voice came from behind me.
I didn’t turn.
“I noticed.”
Footsteps approached, slow, measured. My second stopped beside me, his gaze sweeping the same space mine had already dissected.
“They’re watching her,” he said.
My jaw tightened slightly.
Of course they were. Kaelira Vale had gone from invisible to unpredictable in a matter of days. Packs didn’t like being unpredictable.
They eliminated it.
Or controlled it.
“And the Alpha?” he asked.
I let out a quiet breath through my nose. “Unstable.”
That was putting it lightly.
The bond between them was gone. I had felt it snap from miles away. Felt the echo of it like something teari
