ARIA
“You can control your wolf,” Kael said quietly, his voice steady and calm, but carrying weight in every word. “The only time she ever broke free was when she tried to reach me. She doesn’t have a bond with you, not the way some do, but she still knows you. She recognizes you. She senses what you need. She knows your moods, your fears, even the things you hide from yourself.”
I swallowed hard, blinking rapidly, feeling the words settle deep in my chest.
“She feels what you feel,” he continued, his gaze locked on mine. “And you feel her in return.”
He stopped, letting the words linger in the room like a quiet current between us. I could almost hear my heartbeat, thudding too fast in my chest.
“Will you tell me what your father has done to you?”
Heat stung my eyes, and I rubbed at
