Darius POV
I got there just in time to hear him say
“Your bloodline was believed extinct… until you.”
My steps slowed.
Not because I wanted to.
Because something in my chest… reacted.
Sharp and wrong.
Kaelira stood in front of him, unmoving.
Facing a Lycan like she’d done it a hundred times before.
No hesitation.
No fear.
No instinct to step back.
My wolf stirred immediately.
Too close.
I didn’t move.
Not yet.
I watched.
The Lycan stood just beyond the gates, eyes locked on her like nothing else existed.
Not the guards.
Not the pack.
Not me.
Only her.
“You’ve said enough,” Kaelira said, voice calm. “You will leave.”
Leave?
That was it?
My jaw tightened.
This wasn’t a negotiation.
This wasn’t control.
This was…Something else.
The Lycan didn’t move.
“I’ll return
