KIARA'S POV
I couldn't sit and wait anymore.Not after what happened to Rowan.Not after seeing that mark burned into my son's tiny back.
Every second I stayed inside the pack house, wondering what the Coven was planning next, felt like another second I was failing as a mother.
Kael had doubled the guards around the pack.The witch doctor hadn't left Rowan's side.
Olivia barely slept.Everyone was preparing for an attack.
But I wasn't.I was done waiting for one.
Just before dawn, I quietly slipped out of bed. Kael was finally asleep after spending the entire night beside Rowan's crib. His hand was still resting protectively on our son's blanket, as though even in his sleep he refused to let him go.
My heart broke at the sight.I leaned down and kissed Kael's forehead.
"I'm sorry," I whi
