Astra’s POV
A smile tugged lightly at my lips as I made my way through the western corridor of the pack palace, even though it had nothing to do with the council meeting I had just finished attending and everything to do with the fact that Kaelith seemed more dependent on me with every passing day.
The past several weeks had gone almost exactly as I had hoped they would.
At first, I was worried that Nymera's exile might not be enough. Even after publicly rejecting her, I knew Kaelith was still thinking of her. No matter how many times he convinced himself that she had betrayed him, there were moments when I caught him staring into nothing with that distant look in his eyes, as if he was thinking about her. Every time that happened, I made sure to remind him exactly why she no longe
