_Kaden's POV_
I stood there, the moonlight casting shadows across the clearing, as I faced Liam. My heart was racing, and my wolf growled softly in my mind. He was ready to leap at him. But I forced myself to stay calm. Avery’s life depended on it.
Liam looked at me, his smirk still in place, though his eyes burned with something darker. “Do you know what it feels like, Kaden?” he asked, his voice low and filled with bitterness. “To be abandoned? To be cast aside like you’re nothing?”
I clenched my fists. “Yes, Liam. I know everything. I know about what happened with your mother and our father. I know he left you. But this isn’t the way to handle it.”
His smirk twisted into a scowl. “Not the way to handle it? And what would you know about handling anything? You grew up with everything—
