Kael POV.
I walked calmly through my private library, letting my exhausted body absorb the silence of the room. I had forgotten to retrieve some important notes I had tucked into an ancient history book on the eastern shelf.
As I walked, I caught a strange smell. It was faint, muffled by the scent of old paper and wood, but it was there, and it was... strange. I felt that someone else was standing here, not just me.
I scanned the room. Even though it was dark, as an Alpha, I could see the towering bookshelves and their frightening shadows quite clearly. Nothing was moving, but my instincts told me that something had happened here.
"Is anyone here?" I asked, my voice tightening, filling the vast space with a cold, threatening tone.
I walked quickly to my desk, took a special lighter fr
