Chapter 45

Sienna

The house was eerily silent when we arrived.

Damon walked in first, his posture stiff, his expression unreadable. Ethan and a few guards followed closely behind, their presence heavier than usual. I stayed near the door, my hands trembling at my sides as I struggled to keep my breathing steady.

And then I saw him.

Alpha Kael.

His usually strong, intimidating form now seemed smaller, weaker. His face was pale, his breathing shallow as he lay on the couch in the main sitting room, bandages wrapped tightly around his chest where the bullet had hit him.

My heart dropped.

The sight of him, the man who raised me like his own daughter, the man who had once been my protector, lying there injured…

“What happened?” I heard Luna Evelyn ask. Her heart was racing against her ribcage and the fear that I saw in her eyes was one that I couldn’t understand. She looked at Damon who held her to his chest, his eyes meeting mine for a brief m