The knock on the cabin door wasn’t a knock at all.
It was a command.
Three sharp strikes, heavy with authority, reverberated through the wood and into Lily’s bones. Her breath caught. Outside, multiple heartbeats thundered, wolves, many of them, disciplined and alert.
The pack had arrived.
Derek released her hands instantly, the spark between them snapping but not disappearing. Lily still felt it humming under her skin, unstable and bright.
“Listen to me,” Derek said quietly, his voice all control and urgency. “You don’t say a word unless I ask you to. No visions. No power. Nothing.”
“What if they ask me directly?” Lily whispered.
“They won’t.” His jaw tightened. “They’ll ask me.”
Another knock. Harder this time.
“Alpha Kane,” a voice called. “Open the door.”
Lily’s heart lurched
