Sera POV
(Sera and Thomas’s Suite)
The air was wrong the moment Sera crossed the threshold.
Not cold—frozen.
The suite was dark except for the low amber glow near the sitting area. Shadows clung to the walls as if they had nowhere else to go. The wards hummed faintly under her skin, unsettled, as if unsure which Alpha they answered to tonight.
Her wolf lifted her head inside her.
So, the voice murmured with grim clarity. Tonight is the night our mate finally admits who he is.
Sera didn’t stop walking. She didn’t reach for a weapon. She didn’t call out.
Be ready, she replied silently. We may have to kill our mate tonight.
Her wolf didn’t bristle. Didn’t snarl.
She stood.
Attentive.
It would not be the first time they had chosen their children over a bond.
Thomas stood near the
