Novels by Anna Kaduru

Kiara’s POV“ROWAN!”I tried to run toward him.Kael grabbed me around the waist.“Kiara, wait!”“Let me go!”My son was standing only a few feet away.Alive.Unhurt.But something was wrong.His silver eyes were glowing so brightly that I could barely look at them.Seraphine stood behind him.And beside her was the creature wearing my sister’s face.The creature smiled at me.“Come closer, Kiara.”I froze.Seraphine laughed softly.“Don’t.”Her voice was calm.“She wants you to.”I looked at her.“You have my son.”“Not yet.”I frowned.“What does that mean?”Seraphine placed one hand on Rowan’s shoulder.“He came willingly.”My heart shattered.“No.”Rowan looked at me.“Mommy…”His voice was tiny.Normal.My baby.I took one step forward.“Rowan, come to Mommy.”He moved.Seraphine’s hand tightened.Rowan stopped.I felt my magic rising.“Take your hand off my son.”Seraphine smiled.“Or what?”“I’ll kill you.”She laughed.“You’ve threatened me before.”“Then you know I’m capable

Kiara’s POVThe moment Chloe stepped into the room, every instinct in me screamed to run.But I couldn’t.Not because I was afraid of Chloe.Because the creature wearing my face was still sitting inside the old cradle.Two enemies.Two identical smiles.And somewhere outside this room, my son was screaming.“Where is Rowan?” I demanded.Chloe’s eyes moved toward me.“Still asking the wrong question.”“Then give me the right one.”She smiled.“Ask yourself why the creature wants you to believe she’s your sister.”I turned toward the creature.Its face shifted again.My face disappeared.Then my sister’s face returned.Silver hair.Silver eyes.The crescent mark.“Don’t listen to her,” the creature said.Chloe laughed.“You still don’t understand.”“Enough!”Magic burst from my hands.The force slammed Chloe against the wall.She grunted but smiled.“You’re stronger.”I walked toward her.“What did you do to Rowan?”“Nothing.”“Where is he?”“Safe.”“Where?”Chloe tilted her head.“With

Kiara’s POVFor several seconds, I couldn’t speak.I simply stared at Kael.He took four.And then his words repeated inside my head.One of them was you.My stomach twisted.“No.”Kael didn’t move.“Kiara—”“No.”I shook my head.“That’s impossible.”“I wish it was.”I stepped backward.“You told me your father experimented on Guardian children.”“I didn’t know everything.”“You knew enough.”His jaw tightened.“I found the records after he died.”“How many records?”“Four.”My heart stopped.“Four children?”Kael nodded.“Four Guardian children.”I looked toward the nursery.Rowan was missing.Ryder was still sleeping.And somewhere inside the pack, a baby was crying.A baby that shouldn’t have existed.“Tell me everything.”Kael hesitated.“Now.”He took a breath.“My father believed Guardian blood could control the Gate. He searched for children who carried the strongest traces of Guardian magic.”“And he found four?”“Yes.”“Who were they?”His eyes met mine.“The first was a boy

Kiara’s POVI didn’t sleep that night.I couldn’t.Every time I closed my eyes, I heard Seraphine’s voice.This is your mind.And every time I opened them, I remembered Rowan’s words.She’s inside Mommy.I sat beside the twins’ bed, staring at my sleeping sons.Ryder slept peacefully.Rowan didn’t.He kept moving.Turning from one side to another.His tiny hands opened and closed as if he was fighting something in his sleep.I reached toward him.Before I could touch him, Kael caught my wrist.“Don’t.”I looked at him.“Why?”“Because we don’t know what will happen.”I pulled my hand away.“He is my son.”“I know.”“Then don’t stop me from comforting him.”Kael sighed.“I’m not trying to stop you.”He looked exhausted.“Kiara, something is happening to you.”My heart tightened.“I know.”“No.”He shook his head.“You don’t understand.”He crouched in front of me.“Since Chloe appeared, you’ve been seeing things.”“Because Seraphine is attacking my mind.”“Exactly.”“And?”Kael’s eyes

Kiara’s POVI had never run that fast in my life.Kael was beside me, his hand tightly wrapped around mine as we raced toward the pack house.The moment we entered the compound, I knew something was wrong.There were no guards outside.No warriors patrolling the entrance.No sounds of the pack.Nothing.It was too quiet.“Where is everyone?” I whispered.Kael didn’t answer.His wolf was already awake.“Stay behind me.”We rushed inside.“Rowan!”I ran toward the nursery.The door was open.My heart stopped.The crib was empty.“No.”I stumbled forward.“Rowan!”Kael grabbed Ryder’s crib.Ryder was there.But Rowan was gone.I turned around desperately.“Where is my son?”Kael’s face went pale.“Kiara…”“Where is he?”“I don’t know.”I pushed past him.“Find him!”Kael immediately shifted his attention toward the hallway.“Everyone search the house!”His voice thundered through the pack.Within seconds, warriors rushed inside.“Check every room!”“Search the grounds!”“Lock the gates!”

Kiara’s POVI hadn’t slept.Not after what happened at the Gate.Not after hearing the voice.You found me. Now find the other two.Those words had followed me all night.I sat beside the twins’ crib, watching Rowan and Ryder sleep.They looked so peaceful.So innocent.It was almost impossible to believe that something so dark could be connected to them.Rowan shifted in his sleep.I immediately leaned forward.“Baby?”His little face relaxed again.I exhaled.Eleven months.They were only eleven months old.They shouldn’t have been carrying prophecies.They shouldn’t have been connected to ancient Gates.They shouldn’t have been hunted by witches.They should have been crawling around the pack, pulling at my clothes and laughing when Kael chased them.But instead, the world seemed determined to make them something else.I reached through the bars and gently touched Rowan’s hand.His fingers closed around mine.Then suddenly—I felt it.A cold sensation traveled through my palm.I pu