[ZPhreya]

I was staring at Alek, trying to reconcile the powerful, dangerous Lycan Beta with the man who was currently recounting a generational trauma.

The casual way he spoke of the bloodbath that destroyed his pack's Alphas was unsettling, but more unsettling was how easily I was listening. It was in that moment, seeing the deep, residual sorrow in his golden eyes, that the gravity of his age truly hit me.

“You’re older than the Lycan Alpha,” I realized aloud.

“Yeah.” Alek ...