Kaiden’s Point of View
The meeting had been dragging on for far too long.
I leaned back in my chair, my fingers drumming against the polished wood of the table. My patience was wearing thin, and Dalton—gods, Dalton wouldn’t shut up about the new defense strategies he was proposing.
"We need to reinforce the eastern border," he was saying, his deep voice laced with caution. "There have been rumors of rogue movements……"
I barely heard the rest.
Beside him, Caspian sat with his usual calm demeanor, flipping through a list of names. "Five packs have broken the rules this month alone," he muttered, his tone exasperated. "Three failed to pay their tributes, one harbored a fugitive, and another had the audacity to….."
I sighed, rolling my eyes. I don’t have time for this.
All I wanted was to go back home.
To her.
To Avery.
‘Since when has our well-behaved Alpha started behaving like a lovesick boy?’
Slade’s amused voice rang through my head, and I groaned inwardly.
‘Keep on teasing me, you o
