Sienna’s POV I returned from the showroom earlier than usual because I wanted to do something special for Kael. He had given me something no one else would understand. He had promised to stand down when everything inside him demanded that he fight. I knew how difficult that promise had been for him. I had seen Kael’s wolf once, and even now, I could not name the breed. Leon was larger and more powerful than any ordinary wolf I had encountered. There was something ancient and frightening about him, something that made my own wolf fall silent the first time she saw him. Nyla did not fall silent often. Kael knew he was strong enough to challenge an Alpha. Leon knew it too. Under normal circumstances, I might have believed he could win, but death challenges were rarely normal. Seated Alphas h

