Kael POV
The message left my hands before I had time to reconsider it.
Rowan would be in the Moon Pack by now. Training finished. Patrols rotating. Council restless. He would read my words and know immediately that something had changed.
I am coming back.
I am not coming alone.
I did not explain further. I did not need to.
My wolf had not settled since earlier. It prowled inside me, restless, pleased, furious all at once. The pull toward Elara was no longer subtle. It was a constant pressure in my chest, a demand that refused to be ignored.
I had tried to be patient. Tried to be respectful of territory and politics and council rules that other men pretended mattered more than instinct. But when my wolf surged earlier today and nearly tore free of my skin at the sound of her voice, s
