sponsive to his attempts, an icy barrier rising every time he approached. But deep down, something inside him refused to believe that she was lost forever. Every moment spent see

a strange, almost insidious way. This man, Aldric, had always been a competitor of young Alpha, a cunning, calculating wolf who knew how to manipulate situations to

ulation. The scene took place one night, after a pack council where Kaelan had faced several leadership issues and internal tensions. When he returned

stion, she spoke, her dark eyes

firm, simply an observation. "You don't see what he's up to, but he

she had broached this subject. That na

s spine. She looked at him, then looked down briefly. There was so

ows you have a weakness for me. He knows that it affects

intense, more calculating. "Why are you telling

tion crossing her features. "Because I didn't w

me, you think I didn't see you? You think I don't know you're running away fr

pulation. If anyone plays with other people's lives, it's him. Aldric. Not me. » He approached her, a

"You don't understand, Kaelan. You don't see what's happening. What I experien

in her eyes, in the way she avoided his gaze, told him that his suspicions were correct. She wasn't just a woman

enched, before turning sharply towards her. "Stay here," he ordered in a commanding tone. But she didn't listen to him. She rushed towards him without

s getting out of hand. Kaelan immediately ordered his men to withdraw and establish a perimeter. But it wasn't the incident that worried him, it was how Aldric se

is eyes burning with determination. "Aldric wants to divide us, he wants to weaken us. But he won't

nderstanding passing into her eyes. "Very well," she finally replied, in a cold but res

tions aside, they fought together, and the intensity of the battle made them feel, in an unexpected way, the strength of their

turned to her. "I'm not done with you. » His voice was no m

th her mask of coldness. "Maybe you should," she rep

e battle itself. But he didn't turn