Ivan

Running gave me time to cool down and think. I'd done nothing but fight since Alba's death. Fighting cats was the easy part and I did it to punish myself. I punished my children, my prior clan, and my friends. Facing them meant facing my inability to keep Alba safe. Her image was fuzzy, but the memory of her voice rang in my head.

"I didn't need you keeping me safe."

She hated anytime I interfered with her place in the clan. She, like Talya, was alpha. The ...