Kael did not leave Moonveil Town. He rented a small cabin near my house.
He came every day. Sometimes he brought the Wolfheart Biscuits I used to love. Sometimes he brought rare herbs. Sometimes he just stood outside my yard gate, watched me from a distance for a while, and left.
I never opened the door for him.
When Eliot came to see me, Kael stood not far off, his eyes cold as ice. The full weight of his Alpha presence bore down so hard that Eliot nearly shifted several times.
I knew he was doing it on purpose.
He wanted to drive Eliot away. He wanted to force me to turn back.
But he did not understand that I was no longer the Omega from my last life, the one who revolved entirely around him.
That night, I had just put away my herbs and was about to go to bed when I sensed a famil
