Then another sip.
Slower.
Trying to steady myself, trying to force something resembling a plan out of the chaos still clawing at the inside of my skull, because standing here pretending everything was under control wasn’t going to get her back.
And that’s when—
‘Alpha.’
Pablo.
Everything inside me went still, in that sharp, immediate way where every other thought gets cut off mid-breath, where your body reacts before your mind even has time to catch up.
‘Yeah.’
‘I’ve found something.’
That was it.
That was all it took.
Everything snapped into place so fast it almost hurt, like something inside my chest had been stretched too tight and finally found direction again, Drake surging forward with it, claws pressing just beneath the surface of my skin, ready, eager, already anticipati
