“The wolves come at night, and their howls are as soft as thunder.” Kallias turned to me, his hands behind him tightly. “Have you ever heard that saying, Evadne?”

I frowned after I closed the curtains of my room. Night had already descended, and I didn’t know Kallias was already in my room even when I ascended the stairs of the Winter Castle.

My training and exercises with Alpha Vance took the whole morning and early afternoon. I ate my breakfast and lunch with him in the dining hall after training since he was insisting that I should share a meal with him. I remained in the dining hall for...