DANTE’S POV
The hallway was quiet except for the sound of my own footsteps. My mind was heavy, full of thoughts I didn’t want to carry. I just wanted to reach my room, shut the door, and be done with tonight. I needed to be alone.
Then a voice broke the silence.
“Alpha Dante!”
I stopped, my head turning. A guard hurried down the hall, his hand clutching something small. He looked nervous, like he had run after me faster than he should have.
When he reached me, he bowed quickly. “I found this in the back seat of the car you rode in last night to Night Fang, Alpha. I figured it must be yours.”
He held it out.
I reached for it without a word. The moment my fingers closed around it, I knew. My jaw locked.
It wasn’t just a necklace. It was the necklace.
I could never mistake it, no mat
