Kai POV
Tobias Bennet settled into the chair across from me, his weathered face showing the strain of the past night's events. He looked tired, older than his years, and I could see the worry lines etched deep around his eyes.
"How is she?" I asked immediately, unable to keep the urgency from my voice. "How is Lily?"
He was probably the third person I was asking the same question today but it didn’t matter. Tobias Bennett didn’t look like he would lie to spare my feelings.
Tobias studied me for a moment, and I wondered what he saw. A heartbroken Alpha? A man still desperately in love with a woman who'd rejected him? Whatever it was, his expression softened with something that might have been sympathy.
"She's safe," Tobias said carefully. "That's the most important thing. Last night wa
