LOGINAlthough Celeste was still hidden in the Silver Palace, she could roam around after dark castle .Recalling her memories of walking down these halls as the kings slave with no freedom, but now she was free…to an extent. But what excited her most was the freedom to see Vamara.She wouldn’t lie—the nerves had eaten at her the moment she stood in front of Vamara’s door.She opened it and saw Vamara sitting quaintly by the window, painting on one of her canvases. The scene evoked a light flutter in her heart, seeing how Vamara’s gifts were becoming more beautiful by the day. But for a moment,she felt sadness as she recalled the painting she had found in Korak’s study.All that resonated with fear and horror—and all she must have been forced to paint by Korak. The image brought anger surging through her; her hands turned pale white from how tightly she gripped her dress.Only the clatter of a paintbrush brought her back to reality. She quickly rushed to pick it up from the floor and sen
Maverick couldn’t believe Celeste had escaped him again and he had no one to blame but his own insolence.He should have chained her and locked her up when he had the chance and killed that baby in her stomach himself instead of following Maeve’s orders to slowly kill the child, That failed and so was Celeste who was nowhere to be found. The beta was beyond furious. His eyes burned with bloodlust and rage as he recalled the snowy field littered with dead soldiers and rogue corpses.So many had fallen in the raid, and despite the heavy losses, he still hadn’t found his treasure—Celeste.“She escaped during the siege!” His roar echoed through the room.Even though they had overpowered the rogues, he still hadn’t secured what they came for.“Just who the hell is the true face of the rogue leader? Who is this bastard who’s been destroying everything we’ve worked years to build? And even now, we fail to kill him! Fuck!” he raged.Derek sat in silent fury, seething inside. He had waited s
The Alpha was on the verge of killing Nyssa. Her eyes had already rolled back in her head and she was seconds from death.But it all stopped when Celeste rushed forward. Her arms wrapped around the Alpha from behind as her head leaned against his back.“Alpha, stop! Please, we need her! As much as I want to kill her too for what she has done to me, we need every bit of information we can get from her about Korak,” she whispered.But Syzar could only see red. “She hurt you… she almost killed you,” he growled, pressing his hands harder around Nyssa’s throat.And Celeste knew Syzar wasn’t bluffing. “Please… for me.”Syzar’s hands finally let go. Nyssa’s body fell to the floor as she heaves harshly, gasping for air.The room remained brittle with tense silence as Syzar’s wolf waged war inside him, trying to tear Nyssa apart after all she had done.Because of her, his mate and child might have died—and he was to blame too.The thought of his betrayal of his mate made him feel like a madman
Nyssa’s carriage rattled over the roads leading back to the Silver City. Nyssa sat on the right end of the carriage seat, her dark eye bags prominent.She could barely sleep. For the past few nights since she arrived at the Spring Estate, these days she could barely sleep at all. She depended on Anora’s supplements and drinks to knock her out like a nightlight because stress and rising anger kept her awake.She hated that she couldn’t get under Syzar’s skin. Months had passed, but the Alpha hadn’t even looked at her, hadn’t even touched her. It irked her to no end.So she had come up with this: bringing Lady Vamara back to the Silver City.Maybe then she could get back into the king’s good graces when his mother was around.Right now she felt on edge as she sat with Vamara in the carriage heading back to the Silver City.Anora sat by Vamara’s side, trying as much as possible to get familiar with the queen, but Vamara didn’t spare her a glance. She looked at both of them. “Betrayers.
The room grew silent as Celeste and Syzar were finally alone, and no matter how Syzar tried, he couldn’t get a read on her.He couldn’t even take a step forward when all the yearning had threatened to consume him whole.The tension that Celeste had tried to forget was back again in full force as they both faced it. Now she had realized that she was fully alone with the Alpha.She stood rigid. Her eyes facing the wall instead of him, she could barely stand to face him after his betrayal.She wasn't even sure what she was looking at, but she didn't want to move, didn't want to turn to look at him. She had caught a glimpse of his dark eye bags.A hollowness in his gaze and actions, but she would hold no pity for the man who let this happen to her, though her wolf was fighting otherwise.Her thoughts were broken when she felt goosebumps grow on her skin as his hand touched her arm.The deep scent of spice and cedar took over her senses as the room warmed with his aura. He was so close she
The Beta Twins were shocked by Celeste’s words as Cassian seethes in anger. “Even in your false death, you still try to bring more lies?” Cassian accused.But Callix pushed him back with a burning glare for his brother to be calm.“Yes, it’s true, and I assure you that your sister Maya is alive,” Xaden assured.Cassian immediately felt weak in the knees as his knees slammed to the floor, while Callix’s hands gripped the chair, almost breaking it.His breath was harsh. “What?” he said. “But we saw it all. We saw her bleed. We saw her die.”Callix argued, clearly remembering the last time they had seen their sister’s dead body on the floor, but Xaden shook his head before he spoke.“She wanted a way out for you guys. She wanted you both to leave because she knew you would come back for her, and that would have you surrounded in any minute, and your lives would have been lost by Nordraks’s orders,” he explained.“She knew you guys wouldn’t go, and all this while she had waited, she suff
CELESTE’S POV I stand quietly at the sideline, watching Nyssa with confusion etched in my features. Why on earth did she call me here? What was she trying to prove by making me watch? As it turns out, I wasn’t the only one stuck in the dark. Syzar’s voice echoed, “What is she doing here?” His
Callix and Cassian had just returned from their journey to the rogue settlements, all routes leading to dead ends since Dregan’s secret journal had still not been decoded. “That bastard Derek is still not revealing his true lies; it's taking everything within me not to slit his throat each day
“Run away with me, Celeste… what do you say?” Syzar’s voice choked as Celeste eyes watered; she wanted nothing more than to touch him, to feel him free from the prison bars that separated them. “Yes, yes, I will. I will run away with you, Zar…” she assured, nodding, eyes beady with tears as sh
The sound of shower droplets echoed through the dark room as Celeste stirred from sleep, her body aching with each movement. She opened her eyes to the dim light. She sprang up fast when she recognized the maroon sheets and velvet covers, her heart lurching as she realized where she was: the







