KAEL Despite the bodies of the two naked Omegas curled against me on either side, I couldn't stop thinking about Maya. Her face, her scent, the way she'd looked at me the last time we'd been together, it all haunted me. Morning light filtered through the heavy curtains, casting long shadows across the room and highlighting the scattered clothes on the floor. My brows creased with a deep frown as I wondered, not for the first time, whether Maya would show up. I'd sent Tobias to the werewolf council meeting yesterday, hoping his presence might sway things, might carry my message to her convincingly. Fenrir had been prancing restlessly inside me ever since her arrival in the region. The only thing holding me back from storming over to Ashbourne myself was the need to be certain she wanted

