Lyra’s POV

I couldn’t sleep. Not even after my shift was over and Aliyah now sat awake, watching the horizon and Alpha Kael in case he tried to escape

I could hear the beating of my heart as I lay on the ground. I tossed and turned, but sleep was at bay. My eyes caught Alpha Kael sleeping a few feet from me. When he had said it before that he was hunting his mate to kill her, I thought he had been bluffing. I figured the mate bond would be strong enough to turn his head. Prince Kai had vowed to be mated to me but the moment he...