Erick
The moment I stepped into my office, the air felt different. Almost as if the walls themselves were waiting and holding their breath, bracing for the storm I carried with me.
And I was a storm.
Not because I enjoyed chaos, no.. that part of me had burned long ago in fires I did not start but was forced to walk through…but because right now, I needed answers.
Proof..maybe a valid reason.
Anything that would let me drag Caleb out of my mother’s orbit and throw him right back to wherever the goddess thought it was funny to pick him up from.
This wasn’t just about power.
It wasn’t even fully about distrust, though there was plenty of that to go around.
This… was personal.
He wanted to be my mother’s mate.
And no matter what the sacred bond of mates meant, no matter what dest
