Aaron felt like the last man standing—and wasn't that ironic for a warrior who'd survived countless battles? He wasn't bitter about it. Not really. But he was acutely, almost painfully aware that he was the only one of his inner circle who remained unmated.
Ash—his cousin, his brother in all but blood—had found his mate. Raven had claimed Aurelia, Aaron's baby sister, in a bond so fierce it still made the air crackle around them. Even the pack warriors who'd arrived as broken, damaged souls had somehow found their other halves here in the Shadow Claw territory.
Everyone but him.
Maybe soon, he told himself, though the words felt hollow.
He'd elected to stay here rather than return to Obsidian Ridge to be with his dad. Instead, he was bound by a promise he'd made to his mother, Alina, a
