Ryker She invaded my thoughts, my mind, and consumed every sense of my being. The meeting with Lorenzo had gone better than expected. He was the kind of man who forgave easily and moved on without much resistance. Still, even as he spoke, laying out his pack’s structure and warning me about the Rogues pushing to spread their factions across Italy with Corbin as their King, my attention kept slipping back to Ariella. It was strange. I wasn’t the type to get distracted when it came to important matters. But the problem was that Ariella mattered to me more than anything else, and I could barely function until I knew how she was doing. So I kept asking Avery for updates. Surprisingly, for someone like Avery, who rarely made friends, she formed an easy bond with Ariella. She had sent pic

