DRAVEN'S POV. This was hopless. AND stupid. Very stupid at that. I've been seating here for ages doing nothing but watching and listening to these men, especially Kael make fool out of themselves all in the name of a meeting. What was I doing here again? I should have stuck to my first decision and declined the invitation. Then my life would have been much better. As a matter of fact, it already was. I had been laying peacefully in bed with my mate in my arms. Even in sleep, there was something about her that still had the power to calm the chaos constantly brewing in my mind. She was my anchor, the one thing that could pull me back from the edge. Her warmth against me was enough to make the rest of the world seem insignificant, at least for a little while. I held her close, careful not

