KAIA'S POV
It was already afternoon, and the sun was shining brightly as I walked across the pack grounds, heading back to the training field. I kept glancing in the direction of the meeting hall in the far distance, wondering how things were going in there by now.
How’s it going in there? I thought, the image of Leander surrounded by the elders—and Gareth—making me sigh.
“He’ll be fine, Kaia,” Lilac said gently in my head. “He’s smart and mature. Plus, Athena’s with him, remember? So yes, I doubt there’ll be any problem there. She won’t let Gareth pull anything.”
“That doesn’t mean he’s safe,” I replied. “Gareth isn’t just a loud and annoying Alpha, Lilac. He wants the throne, and he’s made it repeatedly clear that he would stop at nothing to get it.”
“True,” she admitted. “But he’s
