Kai ran.
Through the trees. Past the buildings. Barefoot and half shifted, his claws scraping the earth as his wolf surged beneath his skin. He didn’t remember locking the apartment. Didn’t remember grabbing his jacket. All he knew was Adrian was in danger, and he couldn’t feel him anymore.
The bond that had thrummed between them like a living thread had gone silent. Cold.
“No, no, no…” Kai growled, leaping over a fence like it was nothing. “Come back to me. Come back to me”
A howl ripped from his throat, primal and broken, splitting the night open.
Adrian bled.
Chains dug into his wrists, silver biting through his skin. He hung suspended in the center of the chamber like a sacrifice, barely conscious, but still glaring at the elder who paced before him.
“I warned you, Adrian,” the
