Chapter 15

Kaia’s POV

I walked to the bathroom with a smile tugging at my lips, my heart lighter than it had been in years. No one had ever treated me this kindly since Grandma. She was the only one who’d ever shown me real love—the kind that didn’t ask for anything in return.

But this… this feeling was different.

Alpha Caleb’s gentle gestures, the way he spoke to me, the way he looked at me as if I mattered—it stirred something deep inside me. Something I hadn’t felt in a ...