KAEL’S POV
When they came to inform me that Jaxon had been found, injured, but saved by a pack member, my first thought had been her.
Riley.
I hadn’t voiced it, though. I had simply listened, keeping my expression carefully neutral as the report was given. But now, standing here, looking at her bound and helpless on the floor, I felt something deep and unfamiliar coil within me.
Anger.
Not just at the sight of her like this.
But at the fact that they dared to think I would believe something so foolish.
My expression remained unreadable as I shifted my gaze to the man standing proudly before me. He had the look of someone expecting praise.
“And who is this?” I asked, my voice calm, composed.
The man straightened his shoulders. “A human,” he declared, as if that one word explained e
