Kaelen's POV
I fluttered my eyes open, raising my hands to protect my eyes from the morning sun. “Finally awake.”
I snapped my head to the side, startled at the voice. It took me a moment to remember what had happened last night. “What did you do to me?” I asked the old man beside me.
He smiled, the wrinkles around his lips creasing. “Helped you,” he simply said.
Knocking me out was a sure way of helping me, I could tell. I didn't need to be told how he did it as my neck still hurt from his hit.
My eyes went down his frame. He was dressed in dark and fading colours. Rumour had it that the Alpha Kings tried to get him dressed up properly, but he turned it all down.
Lenal had a bag over his shoulders and a walking stick between his parted legs on the ground. “How did you get here?” I
