ZALE’S POV; I headed straight to my office as soon as I left Amora’s room. There were matters demanding my attention, more than I cared to admit. As Alpha, the weight of the pack’s problems always fell on my shoulders. I had an endless list of issues to resolve, but there was one that overshadowed them all: how to get Amora to understand my world, our world. She was human. She had no idea of the dangers lurking in every shadow, the politics of our kind, or the power I wielded over it all. How could I make her see the truth without terrifying her? This was the hardest challenge of all—far more difficult than leading a pack or defending my borders. Amora was delicate, yet there was an unspoken strength in her that intrigued me. She didn’t belong here, but somehow, she was now bound to my w

