•| KAIDEN
I rested my back on the chair, watching the sun go down and the moon beginning to rear its head. I’d been sitting here for hours, waiting for her to finally open her eyes.
Occasionally, she’d squirm and grimace like she was having nightmares, and if not for what the healer said, I would have wanted to wake her up from them. But I didn’t want to risk her breaking down, not when she wasn’t even in good condition.
The door opened, and Duncan’s scent, filled with a dash of cigar, hit me in the nostrils. “Whoa,” he drawled. “So the gossip around the pack is true. She actually won the duel and lost her aunt as the prize.”
My jaw ticked. “Don’t put it that way, idiot.”
“It is what I heard.” Duncan clicked his tongue. “Don’t be mad, but the pack members seem to be happy that things
