Caspian pov :
The drive to the Beta House was suffocating.
Inside the heavily armored SUV, the silence was thicker than blood. My wolf, Koda, was pacing frantically in my mind, clawing at the edges of my sanity. "Threat. Mate in danger. Kill the threat." But I couldn't kill the threat, because I didn't even know who or what it was.
Liam was dead on the library floor, ending his life before I could extract a single useful piece of information.
I looked in the rearview mirror.
Aria was sitting in the back seat, sandwiched between Killian and Lucian. she was shaking in pure terror. She had her knees pulled to her chest, staring blankly. Killian had his arm hovering behind her, wanting desperately to hold her, but he was terrified of crossing the boundary she had set.
"We are alm
