Chapter 290

Sienna’s POV

Azrael’s voice fades behind me as I walk ahead of him, his words about hierarchy and dominion still echoing faintly in my mind. He had been explaining something about territorial control in the lower realms, about how power is not taken in one moment but secured over time, shaped, reinforced, claimed again and again until it becomes unquestionable.

I understood every word because it feels like I should understand. I always do and that part of me works perfectly.

But as I step into the pack gardens, something shifts. Something very strange that slowly feels like a disturbance

My gaze moves without thought, drawn toward the stone bench near the far edge of the garden.

And then I see them.

Kieran. And… Eli.

They are sitting so close. Too close. Their shoulders nearly touching, their heads slightly inclined toward each other like they are sharing something quiet and private.

And her hand is resting over his. My steps