Elijah practically threw himself out of the moving car and strode into the main house of the pack.

He had smelled her entering the square and before even reaching the building.

Cintra looked up after being absent for so long.

"Ophelia!" his heartbeat, filled with hope and longing as soon as he saw her.

"Alpha Cohen," Ophelia gave him a very distant and diplomatic bow, and there was a lady beside him who looked at him with sharp and critical eyes, but Elijah cared for nothing else.

"Ophelia, I…"