KAEL
The cool mountain air slipped through the cracked window, stealing the warmth from the room but doing nothing to douse the fire raging in my chest. I stood at the arched pane with my palms braced against the stone sill, staring down at The Fangridge. Those jagged peaks that had guarded our pack for centuries.
How many times have I stood here, certain of my path? And now? Now I’m holding a rival Alpha’s heir in my dungeons because I can’t let go of a ghost.
Finn. The name scraped against my thoughts like claws on iron. I’d dragged him here four nights ago and chained him. I was convinced he knew where Maya had vanished to. Or maybe I was only trying to convince myself, because even if I denied it, I knew she left because of me. I could’ve stopped her, could’ve chosen her over every
