Chapter 60

KAI

I was alive, and doing quite well.

My plan was falling perfectly in place the way I planned all of it when I was pronounced dead. I knew it was going to be the last time for me to try and get myself out of the whole mess I was in. I stood in the heart of a nearby pack, a place where no one expected me to be, especially after I was pronounced dead. The crypt under my palace held a dummy, an empty vessel meant to deceive anyone who came looking. The plan had been orchestrated with precision, every move calculated. Lily and I had put everything into place, knowing that if I didn’t act now, I would lose everything.

As I surveyed the pack around me, I could feel the excitement of what I was about to do pressing down on my shoulders. This wasn’t just a matter of survival, this was about reclaiming my power. Jaime had stolen everything from me, even though it was not even mine, to begin with, but I knew that if I let him have the pack he was going to drive it right through the ground.