~Alerion~
The tension didn’t die down even with the silence after she left. And I knew if I didn’t intervene, there might be a wolf fight.
Caius would give a long thought before fighting.
Zane wouldn’t. Because he’s always acting on stupid impulse.
I stayed leaning against the wall, half in the dark, half in the doorway like some ancestral ghost of the pack house.
Caius had gone quiet. That type of silence that doesn’t mean defeat, it’s a dare. A warning that if Zane pushed one more button, he’d get more than words back.
Zane, being Zane? His fists clenched at his sides like he was itching to knock something or someone out.
Any second now.
And me? I sighed. Loud enough to interrupt their war.
“Y’all done with your childishness?” I asked, finally stepping into the room.
Zane’s hea
