Married Off as a Breeder, She Became His Only Mate.
The lead tracker moved further along the creek bank, following something only he could see in the frost-covered grass, and stopped again near a cluster of flattened reeds close to the water.
"Alpha." His voice had changed, careful now. "You'll want to see this."
Kieran crossed to him fast, and I followed, ignoring the guard who tried to keep me back. The tracker pointed to a set of prints pressed deep into soft mud right at the water's edge, distinct from the general chaos of the meeting point,smaller, spaced like someone had stood there a long while without moving much.
"These aren't Petra's," the tracker said. "Wrong size, wrong gait. Somebody else stood right here, waiting, before the res