The moment the words left Kaius’s mouth, Gavi’s expression shifted. Surprise flickered across his features, his usually amused and easygoing demeanor replaced by something more serious, more calculating.
Kaius didn’t let him linger in silence. He pressed forward, his voice sharp, controlled. “I want to know everything, and I mean everything about her—her pack, her family. Please. Do me this favor, and I promise I’ll return it one day.”
Gavi studied him for a long moment, his sharp eyes scanning Kaius’s face as if searching for a deeper motive, for a reason why he was suddenly so desperate for answers about his supposed mate. And maybe he was. Maybe Kaius himself didn’t even know the full extent of why he was asking why his chest felt like it was caving in with each breath.
Finally, Gavi
