Kaiden's Point of View
“Your Highness, she’s awake.”
Lewis’s voice broke through the chaos of the pack’s training field. The words slammed into me, and for a moment, I felt as though the ground beneath me had disappeared. My body froze, but my mind exploded with emotions—excitement, hope, and a desperate, gnawing need to see her.
But another feeling was stronger.
Fear.
It clawed at my chest, sharp and unrelenting. Would she hate me? Reject me? Slade growled low in my mind, urging me forward. His voice was a mixture of impatience and longing, like a caged beast desperate for release.
“Go!” he barked.
With his speed coursing through me, I was standing in front of my bedroom door within seconds. My hand hovered over the knob, trembling slightly as I took a deep breath. Even from the ot
