Sienna’s POV
I cried because it had taken him this long to trust me with the truth. I cried because he had carried so much pain alone for years. He witnessed the destruction of his family, lost both parents and spent most of his life hiding from the man who stole everything from him. I finally understood why Kael avoided trouble. I understood why he refused to join a pack and why he was content to live quietly on a farm in a human county.
He had once been born to inherit one of the most powerful packs in existence, yet he chose to live as a nobody because being recognised could get him killed.
“So…” I began, but no sensible sentence followed.
“You do not have to worry about the madness,” Kael said hurriedly. “I will not hurt you. There has never been a Macsim—”
I kissed him before he
