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~Lilith's POV~"Scott! Jamie! Come inside for lunch!" I called out from the kitchen window.Two little boys came running across the garden. Jamie was five years old with Sebastian's blue eyes and my red hair while Scott was with dark hair and my green eyes with a touch of my stubborn personality."Mummy, we were building a fort!" Scott said, his clothes covered in dirt."A really big fort!" Jamie added, holding up his muddy hands proudly."I can see that," I laughed. "Go wash your hands first."Our house was a beautiful estate outside the city. Sebastian had bought it after we got married five years ago. He said he wanted our children to grow up somewhere peaceful, away from the darkness of his family's past.He had refused to return to New York since I didn't want to go back there. He's such a sweet man. I am indeed blessed.As for the Lockharts, they were all still in prison. Hellena had been sentenced to life for multiple murders. Alfonso got life as well. Lucy received twenty-five

~Lilith's POV~Six months had passed since the Lockharts were arrested. Six months since I last saw him. Six months since my Dad unashamedly married Rebecca. Today was Mum's wedding day.I stood in front of the mirror in my bridesmaid dress. It was a soft green color that Mum had picked because she said it matched my eyes."You look beautiful," Mum said, coming into the room. She was wearing a simple white dress that made her look younger and happier than I had seen her in years."You look beautiful too, Mum.""Are you ready for this?" she asked. Funny, I should be asking her. I ain't the one getting married."Are you?" I threw the question back at her.She smiled. "More ready than I've ever been for anything." Sincerely, I wish my mom everything good. She deserves it.The wedding was small. Just close friends and family. We held it in Uncle Thomas's garden because Mum said she wanted to get married surrounded by nature and flowers.As I walked down the aisle ahead of Mum, I looked a

~Sebastian's POV~Three days after the arrests, I finally felt ready to face the hardest task of all. I had to free my father from the psychiatric hospital where my family had kept him prisoner for the past months.Morrison drove me to Greenfield Mental Health Facility. It was a gray, depressing-looking building that looked more like a prison than a hospital."Are you sure about this?" Morrison asked as we parked."He's been locked up for crimes he didn't commit. My mother had him declared mentally incompetent so she could control everything.""What if he really is sick?""Then I'll make sure he gets proper care. But not here. Not in this place. I mean look at this place."I couldn't express how grateful I was to have Morrison by my side. Even Marcus, my supposed best friend, hadn't bothered to check on me through any of this.We went inside the hospital, and the smell was horrible. I wondered how anyone could ever bring their family members to such a place for treatment.The nurses l

~Sebastian's POV~The next morning, Morrison and I drove to St. Mary's Church. It was a small, old building with a cemetery behind it. The garden was bigger than I had expected."Where do we start?" Morrison asked."Jelly's grandmother's grave. She would have hidden it around there."We located the grave easily. It had fresh flowers on it. Jelly must have visited recently before she died."Look around the headstone," I said. "Maybe she buried something." I wasn't sure about this calculation but we tried it anyway.We searched for about twenty minutes. Yet, we didn't find anything. We were getting frustrated and I was almost convinced it wasn't the graveyard until I noticed something. There was a small statue of an angel next to the grave. The base looked loose."Morrison," I called out. He turned to look at me from the side he was. "Help me with this."He came over and we lifted the angel statue. Underneath was a surprisingly waterproof bag.Inside the bag were USB drives, printed do

~Sebastian's POV~Our arrival at the safe house calmed my blazing heart. The house was a small cabin in the woods. It was old but looked surprisingly clean. Morrison parked the car behind some trees so no one could see it from the road."This is it," he said pointing at the cabin in front of us.We went inside, and there was a kitchen, a living room, and two bedrooms. Everything was simple but comfortable. It was beyond my expectations although I didn't know what I was expecting."You'll be safe here," Morrison said cutting me from my thoughts. "No one knows about this place except me and a few trusted people."I sat down on the couch. My body still felt weak from months in the hospital."How long do I have to stay here?" I asked."Until we build a strong enough case. Could be days, could be weeks."Morrison went to the kitchen and made coffee. The smell reminded me of mornings with Lilith."Tell me about the evidence you have on my family," I finally asked to distract my wandering th

~Lilith's POV~Uncle Thomas's house felt like heaven after the jail cell. The clean sheets, the warm food, the smell of coffee instead of dirty socks. It was a divine feeling.But my body still hurt everywhere. My face was swollen. My ribs ached when I breathed. There were purple bruises on my arms and legs.Mum had been fussing over me since we got home. She made me soup and tea. She put ice on my bruises. Said it was latino style since insisted on not going to the hospital. She almost used raw fish on my bruises. Thank God, uncle Thomas stopped her. Every two seconds she would come to ask if I was okay."I'm fine, Mum," I said for the tenth time."You're not fine," she said, sitting on the edge of my bed. "Those women nearly killed you.""But they didn't.""They could have. And it's my fault."I looked at her. "How is it your fault?""I should have protected you better. I should have seen this coming."Mum's eyes were red from crying. She looked tired and older than I remembered. A

~∆~ Mariah's POV ~∆~I stand at the edge of the portal in Rain's family's old territory, staring at the swirling blue light that's become so familiar to me over the past six months. This is my fourth visit to Farifilia, and each time I hope things will be different. But they never are."You ready?" Rain asks, taking my hand. He doesn't have to come with me, but he always does. That's just who he is."Yeah. Let's get this over with."We step through together, and the familiar cold rushes over my skin as we cross between worlds. When we step out on the other side, Farifilia looks exactly the same as it always does. Beautiful, cruel mystics and perfect.A guard meets us immediately. They always do."Princess Mariah," he says with a bow that makes me uncomfortable. "Prince Albert is in the healing chamber.""Is there any chance?" I ask, even though I know the answer."No, Princess. Both souls remain in stasis."My heart sinks, but I force myself to keep walking. Rain squeezes my hand.T

~∆~ Rain's POV ~∆~Moonbeam's mother, who seems to be the leader of the seven nobles, smiles devilishly as if she has been waiting for this opportunity all her life.I realized from her expression that Mariah made the worst decision. "Then I will fulfill your wishes half-breed. I will make the punishment swift and fitting," she says. "Each crime will receive its proper consequence."She waves her hand, and suddenly I can't move. It's like invisible chains are holding me in place. I try to shift, try to call on my wolf, but nothing happens. We're all stuck in one place."Elena Rivera," the woman says, looking at Mariah's mom. "Your crime was corrupting royal blood and creating an abomination. Your punishment is death.""No!" Mariah screams, but the sound barely comes out through whatever spell is holding us.A beam of red light shoots from the noble's hand straight at Elena's chest. She doesn't even have time to scream. The light hits her, and she just... crumbles. "MOM!" Mariah's v

~∆~ Mariah's POV ~∆~Military trucks crash through what's left of Kane's house. The front wall disappears in a bunch of concrete chunks. Soldiers run in with guns, and helicopters circle overhead with bright lights that hurt my eyes."Great," Kane says, looking at his destroyed living room. "Give up now or we'll shoot everyone!" a man yells through a speaker.Sophia starts crying again. "That's my dad."The nobles turn to look at the humans. Their faces turned really scary, they looked at them like ants they would like to crush without mercy."Humans," the woman hissed turning her gaze on them. "They dare interrupt our trial with their pathetic weapons? Do they think those flimsy toys can hurt us?"She lifts her hand. I can feel her power building that will kill everyone for miles away, not just the soldiers, but regular people sleeping in their beds who don't know any of this is happening.These people are truly despicable!"No!" I stepped forward as she threw her red beam lights, w

~∆~ Mariah's POV ~∆~The walls suddenly explode. Everyone fell to the ground expecting another attack. When we stood up and looked around, we found the explosion wasn't from bombs or bullets.Instead, in its place were seven tall figures. They step through the broken pieces like they're walking through air. Their skin glows between white and blue, and their eyes look like winter storms. Kane's coffee table gets thrown across the room. His favorite TV crashes to the floor. Poor guy spent years getting this place just right, and now it's getting wrecked by these dense fools who think they own everything."My gaming setup!" Jackson yells as his PlayStation gets crushed under falling debris. How the hell did he carry a gaming station through the portal?"I just bought the new FIFA!" He cries out again."Really?" Luna asked sarcastically, looking at him as if she were imagining ways to smash his head against a wall. "We're about to die and you're worried about soccer games?""It's footb

~∆~ Rain's POV ~∆~Before anyone can respond to our declaration of war, Moonbeam suddenly stiffens beside James, her eyes going white, and she begins shaking. James held her tightly, his fear exposed for all to see. " It's okay, I am here," he began whispering to her, gently rocking, but that didn't stop her from shaking more violently."They're coming," she whispers, her voice filled with dread."Who's coming?" Kane demands, looking outside to see."The Johnson family," Moonbeam says, her features pale with fear. "And they're not alone."Sophia looks confused. "My family? What do you mean they're coming? How would they even know we're here?"That's when Moonbeam drops the bombshell that makes everything click into place."Sophia," she says gently, "your family, they're the ones who've been funding Ethan and are responsible for the video leakage of Rain and Luna. They're part of a human organization that's been hunting our kind and portal passage for decades."The color drains from

~∆~ Mariah's POV ~∆~The silence that follows my mother's outburst about my father being the murdered prince feels like the entire world holding its breath in my head.I can feel everyone's eyes on me, waiting for my reaction, but honestly? I'm still trying to process the fact that my sweet, Catholic mother just sent Rain's mother flying across the room with a single kick.She has surprised me twice today, and I still don't know what to make of the surprises she has been giving me. Ugh... Would it have been so bad to be just human oh God?"Mom," I say slowly, my voice sounding strange in my own ears, "what exactly haven't you told me?"She turns to look at me, and for the first time in my life, I see her not as my protective, worried mother, but as someone with a lot of pain and vulnerability. The woman who used to fret over whether I was eating enough vegetables and getting enough sleep apparently has been hiding the fact that my father was supernatural royalty and she knows he was