The silence was deafening.
Not a soldier stirred.
Not a servant breathed too loudly.
No one dared to look away.
Because everyone had seen something they shouldn't have been able to.
An Alpha had brought down one knee.
Not vanquished.
Not from an enemy attack.
From recognition.
Kael remained, staring at Seraphina.
He recognized the woman standing before him.
And yet....
She felt like someone he had never really known.
Her eyes no longer held the silver light – instead there was something far more dangerous.
Pain. “Get up.
Seraphina’s voice was steady.
Not mean.
Not commanding.
Kael rose slowly.
But there was something else between them.
Everybody felt it.
They’d been Alpha and Luna once.
Now...
They were two people standing opposite the ruins of something that had
