KAEL
I stepped out of the room, the flap of the tent dropping behind me with quiet finality that did nothing to ease the storm inside my chest. My heart thudded like it wanted out. My wolf stirred restlessly, a slow awakening I had shut out since Holly’s death.
Five years, that was how long I’d been numb. But now she’s here, Ravenna.
The name echoed in my mind, soft and heavy, wrapping around my instincts like a tether.
Something deep in me, responded to not just her presence, but her pain, her scent and her fire.
The ground beneath my feet echoed with my footsteps. I needed space, air and time to think but all I could do was feel.
“What’s making you smile, Alpha?” Mashik asked, as he fell into step beside me.
I blinked, surprise. “Am I?”
“Of course, you are,” he said, his tone
