I paced around Kael’s living room like a caged predator. My heartbeat pounded with a mixture of anger and caution. Kael was becoming too observant. Far too observant. His eyes lingered on every step I took, every breath, every glance I made at the door. It was no longer protectiveness. It was surveillance. He was watching me because he knew I was hiding something.
And he was right.
If Kael ever discovered the truth, if he realized that I had been reborn from the ashes of the woman he betrayed, if he found out my real mission, then everything would fall apart. He would end me before I could even touch him.
And yet he had already taken something from me.
He killed Mich.
He killed the one wolf I had intended to use to destroy him.
Now the only other person left who co
