~KAIROS' POV~
Everything was ringing. It wasn't just the thunder or the heavy rain. It was the sound of my soul actually breaking apart.
I couldn't catch my breath. The rain felt like needles on my skin, but the words Elara just threw at Kael hurt way more. A maid. She had been right there. While I sat staring at her empty cell, smelling her ghost, she was scrubbing floors for the woman I was supposed to marry.
God, I was such a fool. A blind, pathetic excuse for an Alpha. I remembered that day in Genevieve’s room. My wolf had thrashed against my ribs, trying to get to the girl kneeling in the dark. I felt her. I smelled her broken scent, but I told myself I was just going crazy from grief. Genevieve stood there smiling. She watched me struggle while she kept my mate under her heel like
