Author's POV
Cassian had known something was wrong the moment the Omega girl came to him with her head bowed, fingers twisting nervously in her apron.
"Alpha," she whispered. "Leonard went to see Lina."
Cassian's hand stilled over the cup in front of him.
"Leonard?"
She nodded.
Of course it was Leonard.
He and Lina had grown up together, and after her disappearance, Leonard had kept returning to Shadowmoon, lingering in the places that still reminded him of her.
Over the years, the pack had grown so accustomed to his presence that no wolf thought twice about letting him through the gates. He didn't need permission. He never had.
And Leonard had never once been able to refuse Lina anything she asked of him.
Cassian leaned back slowly.
If Leonard had gone t
