Kayden’s povI was alone in the office, piles of files spreading across the surface of the big wooden table. My hands hurt. I was tired, so tired. I rubbed at my temples and pushed out a long breath before me. I looked at the remaining piles —taxes and alliances from packs far away from here. Numbers, and names. So many names.“Gods above!” I grimaced and pushed back against the chair until it tilted, balancing on two legs.“I need a fucking drink.”I rang the little bell on top of my desk and it made a faint sound. A couple of seconds passed by before the door opened and the girl walked in, bowing down.“Bring me something cold… strong. I need to wake up.”“Yes, sir,” she said quickly and left the room.But no sooner had she got out of the door than I heard her open it again. I thought it was for something she had forgotten, and then I looked up to see who it was.It was Freya. My stepmother.She came in slowly, and then she looked round the office as if she had lost something… or so
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