MasukLilith povWhen evil doesnāt look like a monster, how would you even know who the real villain is?***My heart pounded so painfully it felt like it would rip straight out of my chest.So painfully I couldnāt breathe.So painfully my vision blurred until I could barely see what was in front of me anymore.Maybe it was because the tears wouldnāt stop falling.Or maybe it was because something deep in the darkness kept pulling at me, whispering for me to close my eyes, begging me to lose consciousness so I wouldnāt have to witness what sat before me.My chest felt torn apart.Shredded into pieces that could never be put back together again because the man before meā¦That couldnāt be my father.It couldnāt.My father couldn't be the one twitching weakly against the chair. He couldn't be the man with no eyes. No tongue. No arms. No legs.Not the man desperately trying to speak through broken, incoherent sounds spilling from his mouth.Yet I understood him.Even without words, I understood
Lilith povMy heart dropped.She was a Moonburn?She wasnāt from Fangspire. She had just appeared in the packhouse one day. No one ever really knew where she came from. So sheā¦she was from the Moonburn tribe.The ones who were wiped out years ago at the hands ofāMy stomach tightened.āVerekā¦ā I breathed.Loraās expression didnāt change.āThatās right,ā she said quietly. āVerek.ā She stepped back slightly, like the memories themselves were too heavy. āWhen I was eight years old, he came to our village,ā she said. āHe came alone at first. He spoke like a man offering salvation. Wealth. Safety. He said he would give us a large pack after his plans succeeded. After he became king of all packsāHer lips curled slightly.āAll he wanted was for the Moonburns to join him. Because we were strong. He wanted us to be rogues ā Her voice hardened. āBut the elders refused. They chased him out. They called him evil. They said they would not stain their hands with blood.āLoraās gaze lowered.āHe l
Lilith povāLilith⦠Lilith, wake up. You have to wake up and fight. Fight to protect the people you love. Wake up, Lilith! Your father, your father isāāMy eyes snapped open.I lurched forward with a sharp gasp, air tearing into my lungs like I had been drowning but the moment I moved, the chains snapped tight. Cold metal bit into my skin, yanking me back harshly as a choked breath escaped me. My chest heaved, struggling to draw in air, my body trembling as pain tore through meāhot, relentless, like fire surging through my veins.But I barely felt it. My mind was somewhere else.āMā¦Motherā¦āHer face flashed through my thoughts, she had been dressed in white, eyes filled with something I had never seen before.Fear. Desperation. Tears.āYou father⦠your father isāāI squeezed my eyes shut, trying to grasp the words, to hear it again, to finish it but it slipped through me.I had woken up before she could say it.My fingers curled weakly behind me, my breath uneven as a tremor ran throu
Claude povāThere was a story I loved when I was a child.ā My voice cut through the chaos, calm, almost thoughtful. āI remember it too well.āāAhhh, my hand! My hand!āThe scream tore through the air. I didnāt even blink.āEvery night,ā I continued, as though I was having a normal conversation as the rogue dropped to his knees in front of me, clutching what remained of his arm, his severed hand still twitching in my grip, blood smeared across my face as his eyes locked onto mine in pure terror.āWithout fail, I made the old man read it to me. If he didnātā I tilted my head slightly, watching him, āI wouldnāt sleep.ā A low chuckle slipped from my lips. āIād just lie there. Staring. Waiting.āMy foot came down his head.A sickening crack.Silence.āA stubborn child, donāt you think?āA blur passed meāSilas and Lucien. They moved in and out of existence like shadows. One moment beside me, the next already behind another rogue. Bodies dropped before the mind could even register death. It
Lucien povAuthorās Note: Lucas is the Alpha currently working under Verek. He is the one whose beta disrespected Lucien, and Lucien cut out his tongue. The traitor.***āI miss her! Couldnāt we have taken her with us? I canāt deal with this anymore. I need my Lilith with me.āThat was Claudeās irritating voice again, groaning dramatically as he slumped against the car window, eyes closed, blonde hair falling messily over his face. He looked half-dead, as though life itself had lost all meaning.YetāMy eyes remained fixed on the chessboard before me.Cold. Dark. Unmoving.I didnāt spare him a single glance.For a moment, the car was filled with nothing but the dull clatter of wheels against stone and Claudeās endless moaning. The air was thick with tension, suffocating in its silence.Then, without a word, I reached forward and picked up my knight, sliding it across the board and placing it before Silasās bishop, taking his piece in one smooth move.Across from me, Silas sat with one
Lilith povEverything felt dizzy.I couldnāt breathe.It felt like I was drifting in and out of a haze, sinking deeper into a dark place that refused to let go, no matter how hard I fought to stay conscious. My eyelids fluttered closed, then open again, my vision blurry at the edges. I couldn't see anything clearly, but faint words cut through the fog, barely reaching my ears.āAre you saying we shouldnāt really kill her?! She killed Ivy and made Isla this way. My mate keeps repeating that her sister's death was her fault, wanting to kill herself because of what this bitch said. Letās kill her before things get worse, Leo. You didnāt fight her... sheās scary, way scarier than the leader.āMy eyelids fluttered again, struggling to keep them open, my limbs too weak to move. My throat felt dry, like I couldnāt summon the strength to speak, and I just sat there, bound, the ropes digging painfully into my skin. The darkness pulled at me again, like gravity itself. But in that haze, I saw t
Lilith povToo slow.That was the first thought that crossed my mind as I stared blankly at Seraphinaās sharp claws lunging straight for my face.And honestly, it was a little surprising because time had actually slowed around us, like something straight out of a movie.Seraphinaās claws moved in s
Lilith pov If my life were a story, the author would be a deranged, emotionally unstable, caffeine-addicted maniac who refuses to let me have a single normal day. Because really, tell me why just moments ago, I had been happy. I had told myself today would be peaceful. A happy day with my mother.
Lilith povāWhat?ā I breathed, disbelief lacing my voice.Did I hear him right? Didnāt Seraphina make him promise not to have anything to do with me or sheād break the bond? He had agreed to that. So why⦠why now?As if he could read the questions in my eyes, Kael took a hesitant step closer, his
Lilith pov āPerhaps with all her holes filled,ā he said, āsheāll finally learn her place.ā My mind spun. My thoughts scattered. How had it come to this? How had I ended up in this position? I knew exactly who to blameāmy wolf. She had foolishly provoked the Alphas, and now⦠I was on my kne







