I wasn’t ready.
Not for Gabriel. Not for the strain that threshed between us. Not for how my body still responded to him like it didn’t spend the past five years trying to learn how to live without him.
But life did not care what I was prepared for.
Because by noon Michael had called a mandatory pack meeting in the courtyard.
And that’s when everything got turned upside down.
(some were warriors standing in disciplined rows who whispered to one another) and it was before my arrival and was already crowded.
I scooted into place next to Kayden, raising a brow. "What’s all this?"
He sighed, arms crossed. "Visiting Alpha."
I frowned. "Since when?"
"Since two hours ago. You’d have known if you weren’t sulking somewhere after your little sparring match with your mate.”
I scowled. “To s
