Tomorrow, that man would be in Kade's territory as part of Richard's delegation.
Tomorrow, Kade would have to sit across a negotiation table from the person who'd broken Dakota so completely that she'd rather die than face him.
The smile that crossed Kade's face in the darkness was cold and absolutely predatory.
He was going to enjoy that confrontation immensely.
But tonight, tonight he just held his mate and let her sleep, let her rest in the safety of his protection, let her be broken and wild and his without any demands or expectations.
Tomorrow would bring complications. But tonight was theirs.
MEANWHILE - SILVER RIDGE ESTATE:
The chaos in the Winters estate shifted focus. The frantic energy of the search for Dakota cooled into a grim, procedural operation. Teams were quietly re-tasked from combing the wilderness to discreetly contacting her old university friends, checking her known haunts in neutral territories, and monitoring financial activity for any trace.
