Alexei’s POV

I sat in the heavy silence, watching Novel sleep. My mind was a storm of "what ifs." What would happen when we finally returned home?

The prophecy gnawed at me. What did it actually have to do with Novel? She was human. No matter how entangled a human and a wolf became, I found it hard to believe she was part of an ancient predestined path.

“Ahhh,” I sighed, the sound echoing against the walls.

There was so much waiting for me back home. I had to settle the score with Elora Rossi and the Doctor for the mind games they played. I wanted them to feel every...