Lycan POV
I should have killed her. The thought followed me long after I left the gates. Through the forest, silence and the sharp pull in my chest that refused to fade.
I stopped abruptly, boots grinding against dirt as the wind cut through the trees. My jaw tightened, fingers curling into fists at my sides.
“This is wrong.”
My wolf didn’t answer, it got worse because he wasn’t confused.
He was… watching.
I dragged a hand down my face, exhaling slowly as I tried to steady the storm under my skin. The forest should have calmed me. It always did. The wild answered the wild.
But tonight…
Everything felt off.
It started the moment I saw her.
Kaelira Vale.
Not Luna, Alpha’s mate but VALE.
The name alone tasted like ash in my mouth. My chest tightened again, sharp and sudden.
I fel
