CALDER
I had not slept in four days, every time I closed my eyes I saw Selene standing next to Kael in that trial. The way she looked at him, the way she chose him and walked away from me like I was nothing.
I kept telling myself it was about control and power. About an Alpha losing his claim, but that was a lie and I knew it. It was about her. It had always been about her.
I saw Kael in the hallway outside the library. He was alone, carrying a stack of books, moving like he had somewhere to be. I stepped in front of him and he stopped, his eyes went cold the second he saw me.
"We need to talk," I said.
"No." He tried to move around me.
I blocked him. "I know you are hiding something."
He set the books down carefully on a bench. When he looked back at me there was something in his e
