Chapter 8

Kaiya

“What did you see?” Griffin repeats the question.

“Oh,” I say. “You actually want an answer?”

“That would be nice.”

I consider lying to him, but for whatever reason decide against it. “She didn’t look…quite right. Almost as if-” I feel ridiculous just saying the words aloud -“she was a ghost. Her hair just sort of…floated.”

Griffin’s menacing demeanour softens and his amber eyes fill with sadness. “I assure you, she is very real...and that's the hell of it.”

“Yeah. I figure maybe…maybe the full moon…” I throw my hands in the air. “I don’t know what I saw, Beta.”

“You should call me Griffin. You’ll outrank me soon.” He sighs like an old man carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. “She’s my mate.”

“I…yeah, you did kind of look in love.”

He chuckles humourlessly in response. “The thing is, Kaiya, she died more than eighty years ago.”

“The fuck you say,” the words slip out of my mouth before I can stop them. I’d think the Beta was trying to make a joke, but he lo