TAVIAN’S POV
A sudden shock slams into the back of my mind like a sledgehammer, right in the middle of a meeting surrounded by my associates.
The purpose of the meeting was to approve the designs for a new dam being built to prevent flooding in the lower areas of the neighboring pack... and to distract myself from thoughts of Briar.
I needed to keep myself from seeking her out wherever she might be and doing unspeakable things to her that I might regret—unspeakable, filthy things that would satiate my wolf but destroy my conscience.
Yet the pain that hits me all of a sudden has thoughts of her rushing into my mind.
“Alpha... is everything alright?” The men and women around me are all paused, waiting for me to continue what I was saying.
I don’t even remember what it was. All I can
