Chapter 150 What He Saw
Maya’s breathing had not stabilized, but it had slowed enough to keep her from collapsing again.
Marcus stayed beside her, and his hand remained steady against her arm as he monitored every shift in her body.
Aria kept her power extended around the room, and she focused on maintaining balance instead of forcing control.
Kane stood a few steps away, and his attention remained split between Maya and everything else that could still go wrong.
The room had not settled, and it did not feel like it would anytime soon.
Maya shifted slightly, and her movement drew Marcus’s focus immediately.
“Stay with me,” he said quietly as he watched her.
Her eyes moved slowly, and they tracked him without fully recognizing him.
The tension in her body eased for a moment, and then it returned just as quickly.
The healer adjusted one of the monitors and spoke in a low voice. “She is still in the second wave, and her body is resisting and adapting at the same time.”
Marcus nodded once as he processed that. “So she is not stable.”
“No,” the healer said. “She is not stable, but she is still fighting.”
Aria exhaled slowly, and she forced herself to stay focused.
“She is stronger than she looks,” Aria said.
Marcus did not take his eyes off Maya. “She has to be.”
Kane stepped slightly closer, and his presence shifted the room again.
“We keep her contained,” he said. “No risks and no mistakes.”
Before anyone could respond, the door opened abruptly.
A guard stepped inside, and his expression carried urgency.
“Alpha,” he said. “We just spotted Devon.”
The room changed instantly.
Kane’s attention snapped toward the guard, and the tension in his posture sharpened.
“Where,” Kane asked.
“Near the east perimeter,” the guard answered. “He is heading toward the outer properties.”
Aria straightened, and her focus shifted between Kane and the guard.
“He should have been miles away by now,” she said. “How come he’s so close by?”
Marcus looked up briefly, and his expression hardened. “Maybe he didn’t think we would have the time to chase him given the circumstances.”
Kane did not move immediately, and that hesitation did not go unnoticed.
His gaze shifted back to Maya for a second, and the conflict in the moment became clear.
Maya was still unstable.
And Devon was out there.
Aria saw the hesitation and stepped closer to him. “You cannot leave her like this.”
Kane did not answer right away, and his silence carried weight.
Marcus watched him for a second before speaking.
“Go,” Marcus said. “If you do not go now, you might not get another chance.”
The words settled between them.
Aria looked at Marcus sharply. “Marcus.”
He did not look at her. “He is right to hesitate, but Devon is not going to wait.”
Kane’s jaw tightened slightly as he processed that.
Marcus continued, and this time his voice carried more weight. “Go get that son of a bitch who did this to her.”
The room went quiet again.
Kane held Marcus’s gaze for a moment longer, and then the decision settled.
He nodded once.
Aria reached for him before he turned away.
“Kane,” she said.
He stepped closer to her without hesitation, and he did not waste time on words.
He kissed her quickly, and the gesture carried everything he did not say out loud.
“I will be back,” he said quietly.
Aria held his gaze for a second. “You better be.”
He nodded once and then turned toward the door.
“Keep her contained,” he said to Marcus.
“I will,” Marcus replied.
Kane left without another word, and the door closed behind him with finality.
The room felt different the second he was gone.
Aria exhaled slowly, and she turned her focus back to Maya.
Marcus adjusted his position again, and he did not let go of her.
“Stay with me,” he said quietly.
Maya’s breathing shifted again, and the tension in her body rose slightly.
The second wave had not ended.
It was only waiting.
Outside, Kane moved quickly across the grounds, and he did not slow as he followed the direction the guard had given him.
The air felt colder, and the distance between him and the pack house grew with every step.
He tracked the scent immediately.
Devon had not tried to hide it.
That alone told Kane everything he needed to know.
“This is deliberate,” Kane said under his breath.
He did not hesitate any longer.
He shifted.
The transformation was fast and controlled, and his wolf form took over with practiced precision.
His senses sharpened instantly, and the world around him shifted into something clearer and more defined.
The scent trail strengthened, and he followed it without hesitation.
He moved through the trees with speed, and his focus did not break.
The distance closed quickly.
Devon was not far ahead.
Kane slowed as he approached the outer edge of the territory.
The scent changed slightly, and something else layered into it.
He smelt another presence.Another scent.
Kane narrowed his focus and continued forward more carefully.
The trees thinned slightly as he reached a more open area.
A house came into view.
It sat just beyond the tree line, and it looked quiet from the outside.
Too quiet.
Kane stopped moving.
He shifted back into his human form, and the change was just as controlled as before.
He stepped behind a tree and stayed in the shadows.
From there, he had a clear view.
Devon stepped into sight.
He moved without urgency now, and there was no sign of panic in his posture.
Kane watched him carefully.
This was not a man running.
This was a man arriving.
Devon approached the house and reached the door.
For a brief moment, nothing happened.
Then the door opened.
Kane’s focus sharpened.
A figure stepped out.
Victoria.
She stood in the doorway, and the sight of her alone was enough to shift everything Kane thought he understood.
Her pregnancy was more visible now, and there was no mistaking it anymore.
Kane did not move.
He did not breathe.
He watched.
Victoria stepped closer to Devon without hesitation.
There was no tension between them.
No distance.
No uncertainty.
She reached for him as if it was natural.
As if it had always been natural.
Then she kissed him.
The moment held.
Long enough to remove any doubt.
Long enough to make it real.
Kane stayed completely still behind the tree, and his entire focus locked onto what he was seeing.
Devon did not pull away.
He did not hesitate.
He responded to her without question.
Victoria stepped back slightly, and she said something Kane could not hear.
Devon answered her, and his posture remained relaxed.
They turned together and walked into the house.
The door closed behind them.
And Kane was left standing in the shadows, staring at the place where everything had just changed, wondering what the hell he just witnessed.