Calix’s POV.
Han bowed and proceeded out of the hallway. Taking a steadying breath, I followed him to the terrace and watched him and a dozen men charge for the city.
My mind was a storm— doubts clashing against the certainty I had carried for years. Could I have lived with a lie all my life?
“Our pack never intended to invade Tyr that night. We didn’t come to conquer or destroy your land, we came to free our alpha—Thane... that night a battle had ensued. It turned out your father wouldn’t let Thane go, not without a fight and so they’d engaged in a fight—the scene which you witnessed as a child in your room.”
I paced the place, my hands clenching into fists.
Minutes passed. Then an hour.
Finally, Han and the men returned. “My Lord?”
“Where’s he?” I asked impatiently as he joined m
