Chapter 221

Third Person's POV

Kaelen's mind raced. If things went awry with Nora, the Stormfang heiress, his carefully constructed position would collapse instantly. The pack politics, his budding authority, all of it rested on delicate balance-and Vespera had just stirred the den.

"Cerys..." he muttered under his breath, instinctively glancing toward Cerys. She was Vespera's sister-trusting her was the safe