Kael’s POV
I woke up that morning happier than I had any right to be. For a few seconds, I just lay there, staring at the ceiling like a fool, feeling warmth in my chest that had nothing to do with the cheap blanket over me or the morning sun slipping through the curtains. Sienna had walked all the way into Silverlake Town to look for me. Sienna Vale, who once told me she hated me. Sienna, who had made it clear she did not want people seeing her with a packless wolf like me, had gone out there with worry on her face because I was late.
Maybe the days of her looking at me like I was the ruin of her life were finally ending. I did not want to push that hope too hard because I had learned the hard way not to expect good things to last, but I felt it anyway. Hope. Stupid, dangerous hope. It
