CANDICE.
Thirty minutes felt like forever.
I sat there in the command center squeezing Leo’s wolf so hard my palm hurt, counting every single heartbeat like it might somehow make time move faster. Claude kept glancing at me from his screen but didn’t say anything, which was good because I probably looked one wrong word away from completely losing my mind. My leg wouldn’t stop bouncing under the desk and every few seconds I caught myself holding my breath without realizing it.
The radio crackled again and I jumped.
"Alpha," Claude said into it. "Eastern border. Status?"
Killian’s voice came back, rough and out of breath. "Holding. Barely. Two more breaches. We pushed them back but they’re testing us hard."
I leaned closer to the radio, heart pounding in my throat. "Killian? You okay o
