Chapter Five - The Wolf Within
The study was quiet but for the faint crackle of the hearth and the scratching of his pen across parchment. The room had always been a sanctuary for him, lined with books and maps, heavy with the scent of leather and old ink. Tonight, however, it felt less like a refuge and more like a cage.
Because he wasn’t alone.
Coward.
The voice rumbled from deep inside, low and guttural. His wolf—Kaelen—had been restless for days, prowling the edges of Lefu’s mind with sharp impatience.
“I am not a coward,” Lefu muttered aloud, though there was no one in the room but himself. His quill stilled against the paper. “I am cautious.”
Caution is for prey, Kaelen snarled, pacing the confines of their shared soul. We are not prey. We are Alpha. And she is ours.
Lefu pres
