Aria’s POV
“Kael has been found.”
The words replayed in my mind like a broken record.
Over and over.
I stared blankly at the far wall, my hands resting gently on my still-flat stomach. The news of Kael’s return had spread through the pack like wildfire. But instead of the relief I was supposed to feel, I was consumed by unease.
“Who could have kidn*pped him in the first place?” I whispered to myself.
“Is there someone after his life? Why him?”
First, he was shot in the head. A brutal attempt that stole his memory. And now, he had been kidn*pped. Disappeared from under everyone’s nose. And somehow… returned, but quiet. Distant. Changed.
I knew I shouldn’t have cared.
But I did.
More than anyone could understand.
Thoughts of Kael spiraled through my mind, a storm I couldn’t silenc
