KAI
I stood in the shadows of the packhouse's great room, watching Jamie and Annie transform the space into what looked like someone had asked an AI to design "baby shower but make it fantasy court intrigue." Protective sigils twined with pastel streamers, and the gift table seemed to be having an existential crisis between "precious moments" and "preparing for supernatural warfare."
The duality was fitting, considering my life had become a masterclass in juggling identities – Prince Malakai of the Seelie Court when diplomacy required it, Alpha of Cedar Creek when my pack needed me, and currently, expectant father trying not to freeze everything in sight every time Alexis's divine power did something new and terrifying.
Thunder paced restlessly beneath my skin, his awareness sharp and
