*Kael*
“Lian!”
I heard the sound of my fake name but was too stunned to respond to it. I was pushed and shoved by the crowd, some snapping at me to get out of the way. But I couldn’t move until that female disappeared into an alley.
She struck a chord in the center of my soul. I felt it tug toward her before I even saw her like a flame in the dark—sandy blonde hair, eyes as blue as the faraway Eastern sea, I imagined. She looked like she’d been caught in a dust storm, disheveled and gaunt, but I thought she was the most beautiful shifter I’d ever seen.
But who in the Moon Goddess’s hell was she, and why did she find me as easily as I found her?
“Kael!”
The sound of my real name hissed in urgency finally made me turn just as someone grabbed my scruff and yanked me back into the dark alley where we were supposed to be hiding. I almost stumbled right into Jerah, who was glaring at me pointedly.