Axel’s pov
I stepped out of my father’s study, frustration filling my thoughts. The elders had dumped their negativity on us and pointed the finger at me for why the pack was in danger now. I had been blamed before but this felt… different somehow. Responsibility fell heavy on my shoulders as I sighed.
Torches flickered along the walls casting dim light and shifting shadows down the corridor as I walked absentmindedly, my mind too full to focus anywhere.
It was then that I felt it. A presence.
Someone was watching me.
I slowed my steps and looked up. There, at the end of the hall, just inside the entrance was him.
I recognized the man. The one who spoke out against me in my father’s study. The one who challenged me, blamed me for the pack’s suffering, and now he smirked at me like
