It had been a long time since Kian felt like he was at the edge of a cliff, waiting in anticipation to see if he’d soar or if gravity would take hold and he’d plummet to his death below. His heart raced as he finally allowed himself to open up to the one person who he deemed the best at strategy, planning, and executing. Raina was the mastermind at seeing the bigger pictures as well as all the smaller details. Nothing escaped her eagle eyes and hawklike attributes when she became the shewolf he counted on above all else. This was where she excelled and he needed her to understand in the world of wolves that wolves especially warriors searched for the diamond in the rough. She was his diamond in the rough and nobody would take that away. He had noticed more than once when they were in ot

