Chapter 90

Zarek's POV

I couldn't sleep. Not tonight.

The weight of the Steelbound Alliance, the endless blood-feuds, the phone call from my father… it all clawed at me like unseen fangs. So I left my room, my wolf restless beneath my skin, and headed for the sitting room downstairs. The silence of the mansion pressed close, broken only by the low thrum of my heartbeat.

But I wasn't alone.

Elara emerg