Kael.
The snow stretched endlessly across the Crescent pack grounds, already covering everything with its chill.
It was winter and the pack was at its coldest.
From the tower, I stared out at everything below, my breath coming out as wisps of warm air in the cold.
The silence of the place mocked me. It felt as if the world had frozen in time, like everything was different.
But maybe it really was. Emma was gone.
I gripped the stone edge of the balcony looking down below. My knuckles white against the gray stone. Every moment she was away gnawed at me, a reminder of my failure to protect her. To keep her where she belonged.
Here, beside me, with me.
I was still deep in thought when the sound of hesitant footsteps behind me shattered the quiet. I didn’t need to turn to know
