Chapter 46

Kaia POV

“I would like to leave your pack.”

My voice was calm but firm, even though my fingers trembled slightly around the edge of the table. “I can’t keep hiding here, Lucian. And I… I don’t know how my grandmother is doing.”

Lucian’s spoon froze halfway to his mouth. Slowly, deliberately, he set it down. His expression hardened just a little—not anger, but something sharper. Concern. Calculation. Possessiveness? I couldn’t tell.

“Why?” he asked quietly. ...