Kade's office was plunged in silent half-light, the blue glow of the screen reflecting on the rigid contours of his face as he listened to the guard finish the report. The news came loaded with tension, but the name that finally escaped from the radio was the trigger that activated something fierce inside him: Rayder. In his pack. On his territory. Going after Luara.

The control Kade normally sustained with such precision began to fragment. He rested his hands on the desk, breathed ...