*Kai*

Some hours later, after everyone has left, all the lights have been turned down low and silence weaves itself through all the rooms. I stand at the window in my office and gaze out at the night sky, slowly pulling the pearls on a serpentine path through my fingers. I can almost imagine I feel the warmth from her neck still pulsating through the white beads.

I have never had much respect for the Alphas and betas of the packs. Bloody bastards who are given so much, don’t appreciate it and tend to lose it with such ease, as though it is of no consequence and more is to...