Jaxon 

I sat in the Alpha’s chair, though it felt uncomfortable.. Maybe it knew I hadn’t earned it yet.

Cassian leaned forward first, arms crossed and eyes unreadable. Talon sat stiffly across from him, gaze moving to Ronan, who was quiet as a stone statue at my side. The only voice missing, no, the only damn voice I wished I could drown out was Kale’s.

“He refused again,” Cassian said flatly. “Said if you couldn’t lift a finger for Callan, you don’t deserve to be called a brother.”

The muscles in my jaw twitched. “As if I know where Callan is. He disappeared, we searched. We burned through the place—”...