THIRD PERSON POV
Vaden opened the door to Alpha Brandon's private study without knocking. His usual confidence faltered for a split second as his eyes landed on the scene before him. Alice was perched on Alex’s lap, her hands tangled in his hair, and their lips locked in a tender kiss. They seemed completely lost in each other, as if nothing else in the world mattered. For a moment, Vaden froze in the doorway, his chest tightening with a pang he hadn’t anticipated.
It wasn’t jealousy, not exactly. He had no romantic interest in Alice. But the sight of them stirred something raw and unspoken deep within him—a yearning for something he’d denied himself for years. Someone to hold like that. Someone to look at him the way Alice was looking at Alex. Someone to kiss like the world might end if
