Kael's POV
Four years.
Four years since Soraya vanished without a trace.
Four years since the night everything fell apart—when I failed to protect her, when she ran into a world where even my best trackers couldn't find her scent. I sent elite warriors, hired rogues, bribed informants, searched every kingdom, every border, every shadow.
And for four years… nothing.
Four years since I became Alpha of Blackwood.
Four years living under a crown I wasn't prepared to take.
Four years with the constant fear that my father might return at any moment to challenge me—because I knew him. He would never approve of me as Alpha King. But he never came back. Not once.
Four years of trying to hold my heart together while the only two women I ever loved lived under the same roof—both broken, both quietly battling each other because of me.
Aria—my first love.
Still bearing Ronan's mark.
Still carrying every scar the past carved into her.
She gave birth to a son—my son, Aiden.
