The Alpha's Vow

Kaia's POV.....

The sun rose slowly over the mountains, spilling gold across the courtyard stones. For the first time in what felt like months, the pack grounds were quiet—not from fear, not from exhaustion, but from a strange, tender peace. Since Bastian and I had returned from the ritual chamber, the entire pack had been watching us with wide eyes, unsure, hopeful, terrified to hope too much