Protectors Resolve

KASTOR POV

The heavy oak front door clicked shut, severing Vesper’s frantic, wailing cries. I stood alone in the grand foyer, staring at the polished wood panels, my chest heaving as the chaotic events of the night crashed over me. Tonight did not go the way I planned. Finding my true mate at a simple diplomatic pack party and bringing her back to my territory should have been a seamless, triumph