Jake barely remembered the drive home. The streets of Birmingham blurred beyond the windscreen while the engine purred beneath him, every familiar junction passing almost unnoticed. He drove the route so often he could have managed it with his eyes closed, yet tonight his concentration drifted back to the same pair of blue-green eyes every few seconds.It made no sense.He had spent years building a life around control. Control over his business. Control over the pack. Control over himself. Tonight, for the first time in years, he felt as though something inside him had ignored every rule he'd ever lived by.Kade refused to settle. Normally, once danger had passed, the restless energy faded within minutes. The instinct to protect eased until it became little more than a quiet awareness beneath his skin.Not tonight. Every instinct screamed that he had left something important behind. Someone. Jake tightened his grip on the steering wheel."Enough."The single word disappeared into the
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