Chapter 116

Lucian POV

The wind carried her scent before her name reached my ears.

That was how it had always been with Kaia.

I was in the training yard when the unease struck—sharp, sudden, crawling beneath my skin. My wolf lifted its head inside me, restless, pacing like it had sensed a storm long before the clouds gathered.

Then my beta spoke.

“Alpha… there’s a rumor spreading through the border packs.”

I didn’t stop sparring. Didn’t slow my strike. “Rumors are ...