The forest felt alive around us, every shadow whispering with the secrets I hadn’t yet uncovered. My wolf stirred beneath my skin, restless, sensing the storm I had invited into my own heart. Four men, four bonds—fate, choice, fire, and shadow—and I stood at the center, torn between love and survival.
Kael’s golden eyes burned into me from across the campfire, the same eyes that had once rejected me in front of the world. They still carried the arrogance of an alpha who believed everything belonged to him, but now there was something else in them too—fear. Fear of losing me, not to death, but to the others.
Beside him, Ronan’s gaze lingered, heavy with unspoken promises. His scarred hands flexed against his thighs, as though he was holding himself back from dragging me into his lap and r
