Chapter 48

Perrin

The bright light of the private hangar at the airport had me blinking uncomfortably, the sun glaring on the massive opening.

“Should have brought sunglasses,” Kira murmured out the side of her mouth.

“Not everyone can pull off the hangover look,” I grumbled back, eyes watering.

She snorted, and I was grateful for that. She understood my unease. My anticipation. The fact that Nael was coming back to Aperture lands, despite my clear threat to Justin before they had left after the Sacred Call. My father, however, was still Alpha, as he reminded us in the car ride over from the Lodge. And until he enforced my warning to Justin and his father, it was nothing but an empty threat.

And that was nothing for the anticipation that Lo may be arriving, at least, after nearly a month of being apart. I couldn’t sit still; not after realizing I had no way of contacting her concretely whatsoever. It was maddening, consuming even. What if she was hurt? Was she flying here, right now? On that p