Kaliyah's POV
A week later
I tightened the straps of my small bag, making sure everything I needed was secure. Today was the day the Alpha had decreed that we would leave for the Drakefang pack. This mission couldn't be more important, not just for me but for the entire Volkov pack. We needed Drakefang’s support to face Asterion, and failure wasn't an option. I had been chosen to lead the envoy alongside the irritable Kovu.
My hands moved to the blue warrior robe on the hanger, and I slipped into it. It felt like flexible armor, and I liked the way the fabric felt against my skin. I stared at myself in the mirror, admiring my reflection as my mind wandered until it again drifted to the one man I shouldn't be thinking about: Kovu.
I hadn't seen him in a week, and honestly, part of me wa
