LOGINSelene's Point of view“Looks like you need help, Beta.” He asked calmly but with a blank face.“No, Alpha.” Beta, Gareth replied with that amused smile still playing on his lips.“Selene here was only testing our security, and before you came, she was just about to settle down. Weren't you? Selene?”I hesitated for a while and then pulled free from him. The door was still open, but I didn't dare to attack again. I could barely take on the old man. I knew it would be foolish to try it when the ash king was also there. If I could barely handle myself with the old man, I believe it was safe to assume that my chances against the Ash king were next to nothing.“Give us the room, Gareth.” The ash king spoke, no, he ordered, and Beta Gareth bowed before leaving the room.I slowly pushed back to the bed and sat on it, glaring angrily at the ash king as he stepped into the room and closed the door behind him. He quietly began to walk forward, and my breath caught in my throat. What was he up
Selene's Point of viewI was close to him, like really, really close to him, and I would have swiftly stuck the poisoned dagger into his heart, but as much as I wanted to, I stopped myself before I could do so. I needed to, first of all, get the cure for my dying brother before anything else.I paced through the room where I was unceremoniously shoved with the door locked behind me. There was a bed and a table and some essentials too, but I wasn't stupid. I recognized it for the prison it was; that was exactly what I was, at this place, a prisoner and nothing more.I moved from corner to corner, exploring the room and searching for possible escape points, but just as I said, this was a prison, and even the windows were barred with thick iron made of what I suspected to be silver. There was just no way I would break through something like that.I was still inspecting my surroundings when I heard the lock click from the outside. I turned sharply to see the door open, and the old man wal
Logan’s point of viewThe moment my fingers closed around her throat, I braced for it, the welcoming scent of scorched flesh, her agonized scream, and the way her skin would blacken and peel beneath my cursed touch. But nothing happened. There was no sizzle. No pain. Just warm and unmarked skin beneath my palm.What exactly was happening? I couldn't believe it in the slightest!I recoiled as if I was suddenly struck, and my chest tightened with something dangerously close to hope.No. This was Impossible.The woman, Selene, the sharp-tongued heiress of Silverwood, scowled up at me with her defiant eyes flashing with amusement.“What? Did you forget how to strangle someone properly?” She sneered arrogantly.My hands flexed at my sides, and suddenly the leather of my gloves felt suffocating. Without thinking, I grabbed her wrist and I squeezed hard. Maybe I will get the results I wanted now. Maybe I'd hear that satisfying wail as flame engulf her body.There was still nothing, and waves
Selene’s Point of viewI woke with a start, and with my body drenched in sweat and my heart beating furiously against my rib cage. The remnants of my nightmare and Liam’s pained whimpers, as well as Father’s cold commands, still rang in my head. My fingers immediately found the poisoning dagger under my pillow, with its metallic body grounding me in reality.Today was the day, the day I would leave behind everything I knew to enter the wolf’s den.I clenched my jaw as I swung my legs over the edge of my bed. Father’s words from yesterday still echoed in my mind. End him and save your brother. The future of the pack depends on it. As if I needed the reminder.I dressed quickly and strapped the dagger to my thigh beneath my clothes before storming out of my chambers.The Silverwood Pack’s training grounds were already lively and yet. Yet the moment I stepped onto the field, an uneasy silence followed in my wake.“Who’s sparring with me?” I demanded as I rolled my shoulders, as I snatche
Selene's Point of view“You... you... You do not mean this, do you?” I gasped.“Yes, I do,” Father replied, without emotion.“I mean it. That's all you've ever wanted, right? So I'm giving you all of that. Get close to him, and do with him as you please!”My heart thumped loudly as I registered his words.“You will be doing your pack a favor. You will also be saving your brother's life,” Father said as he returned the dagger into its sheath and thrust the blade into my hands. “I'll give you time to think it through, Selene, but while you're at it, you should know this: the future of your pack and your brother's life hangs in the balance. Choose wisely.”With that, my father turned and exited the room, his robes flowing and sweeping the floor as he left.The moment he was out, the maids and servants returned quickly and began to tend to my brother again with the ointments and balms. This didn't heal him, but I could see it all had a cooling effect on him.I moved closer to him and slow
Selene's Point of viewOut of the many stupid things I was expecting my father to blurt out at me, I got to admit that was the stupidest one yet. I guess I hadn't seen that coming, not in the slightest.“A peace offering?” I hissed. “To the Ash king?”“That is correct.” My father replied with a straight face.This was the part where he was supposed to laugh and say it was all a joke, but no. Father was never the one to make jokes, and it would be very weird if he began making some in his old age.“Tell me you are joking!” I exclaimed. “Tell me you are not serious!”“Do I look like a clown to you?” He snapped, and his eyes glowed dangerously red with the fury of an Alpha. “You will be sent off to the Ash king as a permanent guest in his house.”“Why don't you just let it out?” I snapped, unable to keep my anger in check. “Why don't you just state the obvious here. You're clearly sending me off to the Ash king as a breeding mate for him!”“Watch it, Selene!” Father growled with his nost







