KATHERINE
I spent the entire morning hunched over my computer, staring at a screen until the white light made my eyes ache. I was searching for the wolf I had seen through the barred windows at the academy. I pulled up every available file on the five vanquished Alphas, scouring digital archives and forbidden history forums for any image of their wolf forms. I found nothing. I wasn't surprised because Alphas didn't just publicize their wolves for the world to see, and the Magnus government had been thorough in scrubbing the records of the men they defeated.
A shadow fell over my desk, and I didn't need to look up to know it was Rowan. He leaned down, his hand brushing against my shoulder. He was being touchy again, keeping his movements casual as if he wasn't aware of the boundary he wa
