Lucas The day had started like any other. I was on my way to the hospital for a routine visit—checking on the packs, making sure our allies were in good health. But when I pulled into the parking lot, something stopped me cold. Kaida Ashwood. She was standing outside the hospital, a bag in her hand, looking… different. There was something in the way she held herself, the way she moved. But what caught my attention even more was the man standing beside her—none other than Alpha Bastian Darkmoor. I wasn’t close to Kaida, not like Kaelen had been, but everyone knew the story. She had disappeared from Silverclaw Ridge after the divorce. Kaelen was furious, but he hadn’t exactly gone out of his way to bring her back. It had been a mess, but now… seeing her with Bastian? That wasn’t a good s

