KADE I left Sera in my study, her taste still on my lips, my wolf was snarling at being interrupted. Marcus waited in the hallway with his carefully neutral expression. "This better be important," I said, my voice sounding rougher than I intended. "She's insistent." I walked toward the holding cells, every footstep felt like I'm moving away from where I needed to be. My wolf was prowling, agitated, demanding that I go back to Sera and finish what we'd started. Soon, I promised it. Vivian sat on the edge of the cot in her cell, looking surprisingly composed for someone who'd been imprisoned. When she saw me, her eyes looked calculative mixed with desperation. "I need to speak with Sera," she said immediately. "No." "But I want to talk to her about my father.." "Then tell me and I'

