Kai's Point of View
The meeting breaks apart fast, orders are given, heads nodding, boots scattering across the compound. Everyone knows what they are doing. Everyone except me, maybe.
I stand there for a beat too long, watching Alpha Magnus stride off towards the command post, his voice cutting through the air, calm, precise, and commanding. The kind of Alpha presence that fills a space without trying.
Then someone calls my last name.
“Lightwood,” one of Alpha Magnus’s lieutenants says, jogging over to me. “You and your beta, Luke, right? You are with the systems crew today. Cameras and alarms took a hit when the attack hit the outer wall. Alpha Magnus wants everything up and running by sundown.”
Luke snorts beside me. “So… we are tech support now?”
“I guess so,” I mutter, trying no
