Kyra's POV
I stopped when I almost bumped into Nathan as I was about to enter the meeting room. My pulse spiked as his Alpha aura wrapped around me instinctively. His stern expression softened upon seeing me.
"Kel—"
"Good morning, Alpha Nathan." I deliberately used his title, watching his lips part in shock. In our world, mates never used formal address - this was a public declaration of our severed bond.
I brushed past him to my usual seat at my usual chair whenever we had a meeting. Instead of leaving, he went back to the chair beside mine - the place reserved for a Luna beside her Alpha.
"We need to talk," he murmured, his wolf's gravelly undertone making the employees pause their preparations.
I glanced at the pack’s employees were putting documents on the table. "I have another meeting after this, Alpha Nathan."
"Five minutes," he begged.
I lazily looked at him and didn’t answer immediately. I waited for the pack’s employees to leave before I faced him completely.
