Ava's POV
Nora crouched beside me, her palm warm and steady on my back, rubbing slow circles the way one wolf soothes another in comfort.
“I’ll get Richard on it,” she said softly. “He might find something. Maybe answers will come sooner than we think.”
I sniffed, dragging air into lungs that felt scraped raw. “Richard…Grayson?”
She nodded. “Yeah. My brother. Remember? He used to trail after you everywhere like a lost pup. He’s an Inspector now. He’s overseas on assignment, but when he’s back, we should all meet up.”
Richard Grayson, only son of Alpha Grayson, Nora's brother.
The name stirred an old, gentle memory. It has been years since I last saw him. He was a skinny boy who had bright eyes. Whenever I visited their pack to hang out with Nora, my best friend, he always hovered
