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Kai’s POV

I walked through the large hallway of my pack house, my steps heavy with the weight of my troubling thoughts. It had been two years since Alana's demise, and the pain was still as fresh as ever. My heart was still bleeding like an open wound. Everything still feels just like yesterday, her memory was rooted deep in my mind and hunting me like never before.

I look fit and well on outside but deep within my beating heart, I was nothing more than a tormented soul whose happiness has been shredded by the ghost of my past mistakes. I should have moved on by now, forgiven myself even but something kept echoing in my mind, pulling me down the same lonely road, time and time again and leaving me powerless against my tormentors.

My days are spent in endless pack activities and training just to keep my thought distracted but my nights were devoid of sleep as I was filled with restlessness and despair, constantly driving me to the point of loosing my control.

My only escape was shi