Aria
"A wound to the heart, but it seems like she was the one wielding the weapon, Alpha."
A young man reports on the dead woman I'm staring at.
Seeing her lifeless ashen form in front of me has me clutching my chest in panic.
She killed herself? Just so she doesn't have to return my scent to me?
How can another person be so cruel? I mutter to myself, as tears threaten to fall.
Kaidën comes closer to me, and places a comforting hand on my shoulder.
Unconsciously, I lean into his hold, like it's something familiar. Like it's always been there.
"What do we do, Alpha?" The man asks him.
The stench of the place we're in has me struggling to breathe, and for a moment I wonder if Kaidën knowingly threw a person into this filthy dungeon.
Just what kind of person is he then?
"Prepare a
