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Kai's POV

Sixteen years later,

I haven't seen Alana, my mate, or our three beautiful children for sixteen long, painful years. Sixteen years of missing them like a hole in my chest. Sixteen years of wondering what they're doing, how they're living, if they're happy, or if my thought ever crossed her mind even for a single second.

Maybe it did, and maybe it didn’t. I had no way of knowing but her face and memory have forever been embedded in my mind. No day goes by that I don’t think of her or my three children. I honestly wish things were different between us.

I have spent sixteen years of my life regretting the choice I gave her—the decision she made that kept us apart. Alana chose to stay in the Oceanic Pack, away from me and our home. She chose to shatter my heart into a million pieces without a second thought.

I never gave up hope, though. I always hoped that one day she would change her mind and return to me. But she never did. Alana was as stubborn as a mule. Not only did she no