"My good brother. Don't you think you've gone too far?" Alpha Kael's eyes were locked on the man across from him. They were twins. Born from the same mother. Crawled out of the same womb. So why had everything, every single thing, always come down on the side of his brother? Damien. His unbearable, perfect, golden brother. Born stronger than anyone had any right to be. Loved by every elder in every allied pack the moment he opened his eyes. When he came of age, he ascended to Lycan King as if it was foreordained. And Kael,Kael was the alpha of a single, small pack. Everyone admired him. Nobody knew that, in his marrow, he hated Damien. Envied Damien. And,beneath all of it,was terrified of Damien, the way he had been since boyhood. That fear lived in him like a parasite. Some nights

