Kyle was terrified and wasn't ashamed of that. He was very near to death in a situation he never could have predicted, not a warrior's death but an effective clerical error. It's why he pleaded and tried to reason with the two men dragging him off, why he was dropping names and doing everything in his power to remedy their mistake.

That's when his world turned upside down. The only thing more shocking than seeing Alex here would have been seeing Cooper or his dead sister. He wasn't sure why. It wasn't as if he'd known her all that long, but he felt like he knew her more than this. To see her here, free, meant she was either a werewolf or.. what? Was there even another option?

"What the fuck?" The words came without his brain's acknowledgement as he stared, watching her take out the men holding him. When she pulled the knife out, he instinctively took a step back. "Hey, whoa. Alex. What the hell?"