Raven’s POVI was scared. Not just for them… but for myself too.Everything had changed overnight.One minute I was the girl being beaten up in school, thrown to the ground like trash, and the next I was... locked in a golden cage padded with golden silk. My phones…yes, now plural were replaced. A brand new iPhone and the latest MacBook with a silver casing and my initials engraved in delicate cursive on the back sat on my desk. My room didn’t feel like a room anymore. It was a luxury suite. They even painted the walls with my favorite colorz purple and added blackout curtains that could be drawn with a remote. A small fridge sat in the corner with my favorite snacks and bottled water. Someone had been listening way too closely.I didn’t know whether to scream or cry.Their behavior was nothing short of bizarre. The same brothers who once looked at me like I was dirt beneath their shoes now left little apology notes on my door everyday. “Drink this tea, it’ll help with the fatigue,
Raven’s POVI was scared. Not just for them… but for myself too.Everything had changed overnight.One minute I was the girl being beaten up in school, thrown to the ground like trash, and the next I was... locked in a golden cage padded with golden silk. My phones…yes, now plural were replaced. A brand new iPhone and the latest MacBook with a silver casing and my initials engraved in delicate cursive on the back sat on my desk. My room didn’t feel like a room anymore. It was a luxury suite. They even painted the walls with my favorite colorz purple and added blackout curtains that could be drawn with a remote. A small fridge sat in the corner with my favorite snacks and bottled water. Someone had been listening way too closely.I didn’t know whether to scream or cry.Their behavior was nothing short of bizarre. The same brothers who once looked at me like I was dirt beneath their shoes now left little apology notes on my door everyday. “Drink this tea, it’ll help with the fatigue,
Cassian’s POVIt was getting harder by the day to make Raven forgive us, I've never felt so tired and punished this way all my life, it was like i was carrying a very heavy burden in my soul and I know I deserved it until my Elias called with agony in his voice and said they must have hit the last stage in their shift and I shouldn't look for them of shit happens.My heart dropped in dread, my head pounded like crazy and fear licked my skin. A life without my brothers in it was a fucking nightmare.I rushed back to to the Main mansion and saw my step mother smiling at the phone, I bet she was making a call but I didn't care at the moment. Reaching the last stage of the shift during the blood moon means death, the last time it happened to me…my father has to do something he never meant to do, killing a new born baby so I could feed on it's blood to survive.I almost gagged at myself when I heard it but fuck this curse, I'll do anything.“
Raven's POVI woke up with a pounding headache, the kind that drills behind your eyes and makes you want to scream. Except I did scream. Not because of the headache, but because the first thing I saw when I peeled my eyes open was him.Cassian.God, I thought I made myself clear!His eyes were on mine, heavy, dark, and full of something I couldn’t name—regret? Pain? Hunger? I didn’t care. All I could see was his face hovering over me a few nights ago, his fangs in my skin, the choking panic as my body turned ice cold while he drank me like I was nothing but a goddamn wine glass.I screamed again with a Loud and Pleading voice.“Someone get him away from me! Please! Take them all away! I don’t want to see any of them!”My chest heaved and my heart slammed like a war drum. I clawed at the sheets, the cords, anything, as if they were restraints holding me down. I needed to escape, I needed air.But Cassian didn’t
Dante's POVWe fucked up!And not just a little fuck-up. I mean, royally, epically, what-the-hell-were-we-thinking kind of fucked up.Standing in that sterile hospital room, with Raven pale and motionless, was like staring at the consequences of every damn choice we made since she stepped foot in Velmora. Our father looked halfway relieved—like a weight had finally been lifted from his cursed shoulders—but none of us were celebrating. How could we?She was our fucking step sister.The one we bullied, ignored, pushed around like she was some human toy we could throw into our games and walk away unscathed. But she wasn’t just a girl. No, she was the goddamn key to the only thing we’ve ever feared more than death….our curse.And we treated her like trash.I leaned against the white wall, trying to swallow the guilt that had been clawing down my throat like razor blades since this morning. My jaw clenched, and my hands were
Cassian's POV"I told you," I growled, slamming my palm against the marble pillar just outside the infirmary door. "She came into my room at the wrong damn time. I didn't invite her. I didn’t want this to happen."My father's eyes burned into me like twin blades of judgment. "And you couldn't hold your cursed urges for five minutes? She’s your sister!""She’s not my sister!" I snapped, voice low but lethal.The word echoed in the tense hallway.The scent of Raven’s blood still clung to my fingers, sticky, warm, and haunting. I could feel it drying under my nails like a scar I couldn't wash away.“She’s my daughter!” the King bellowed, stepping closer. “And your actions with your recklessness could’ve killed her!”I looked away, jaw tightening. My shirt was still ripped from last night. “You don’t understand.” My voice broke. “When I bit her… something happened. The pain, the fire, the Blood Vane and everything stopped like it vanished. Aren't you supposed to be asking me why I'm no l