The Alpha's Forbidden Heir
He stood there for a long time, his hand gripping the frame, his eyes wide.
"Look," Arthur whispered, his voice uncharacteristically quiet.
Lucien moved to his side, shielding Kael with his arm. Below them, in the dark, industrial sludge of the Out-Sectors, lights were turning on. Not the harsh, sterile red of the Directorate, but the warm, flickering yellow of fires.
"They're not dead," Arthur whispered, a grin spreading across his battered face. "They're moving. They’re coming out of the shadows."
Lucien looked down at Kael, then out toward the horizon where the sun was finally cresting the peaks, painting the world in colors no Directorate filter had ever allowed them to see.