Kael Point Of View The knock on my door suddenly came in.

I already felt rage coil in my gut like a tightening rope.

“Enter,” I snapped.

The door creaked open. My guard stepped inside, shaking so badly I could smell the fear rolling off him.

He bowed his head, voice barely holding together.

“Alpha… the mission… the assassins… they…”

“Say it,” I growled. “Before I rip it out of you.”

His throat bobbed.

“They failed Alpha, and they are dead. The old Luna survived ...