The air was thick with tension as Kade closed the cabin door, the echo of Lucian’s threat lingering in Alyssa’s mind. She wrapped her arms around herself, trying to suppress the shiver that ran through her body. The flickering fire in the corner of the cabin did little to ward off the chill that settled in her bones.
“Kade,” she whispered, her voice trembling, “what does he mean by handing me over?”
Kade turned to face her, his jaw clenched and his eyes burning with a fierce protectiveness. “Lucian wants you because of who you are—the last of a powerful bloodline. He thinks controlling you will give him leverage over the other packs. It’s about power, Alyssa. It’s always been about power.”
Alyssa’s heart pounded. The weight of her bloodline pressed down on her, a suffocating force she c
