His heart twisted at the thought of her. How desperately he wanted to see her again, but not like this. Not with confusion clouding every truth he once knew. First, he had to understand what had happened. Why she had married Coran– the Beta of the Alpha King. Coran, the heir to the Mountain Wolves, is Elaika's brother.
Why him? Not a Fae. Not a human. Why Coran?
They climbed the spiral stairs tucked behind the temple, winding upward into the stone heart of the mountain. At the top, Seraphina turned to her brother with a smug smile. "You see those clouds now, don't you?"
She mocked him with a light giggle, then turned to Kai. "Thank you for warning us."
Standing beside him, she knocked confidently on the towering wooden door. "Saint Saga must be inside. We didn't see him in the sky."
