Ryker's POV
I should’ve trusted my first instinct from the moment she arrived, I have always known nothing about her had sat right with me.
The way her eyes scanned everything like she was taking notes. I had kept my distance, watched from the shadows, just as I was trained to do. I saw everything. Every step. Every smile. Every lie wrapped in a soft look.
And now, Karren wasn’t himself.
He didn’t bark orders anymore. He didn’t inspect the guards, didn’t test our training formations, didn’t sit in on our war councils. When I brought up the threats from Darius or the unrest in the outer villages, he nodded absently and waved me off because she was beside him.
He smiled like a fool.
And I’d had enough.
No wolf changed that fast. No Alpha softened like that without manipulation. Tal
