MasukThird povDuring the past year, they had never missed a single visit. No matter how busy their schedules became, they always made time to come here. At some point, it had become a tradition. A habit neither of them questioned anymore.Perhaps it was a promise made to someone they had forgotten, perhaps it was something else entirely.They didn't know.Here rests the beloved Beta of Fangspire Pack, Beta Jayden, with his beloved mate, Evelyn.The three towering men stopped before the graves. The same three men who couldn't remember why they kept coming here, yet continued to do so regardless. Silas stepped forward and carefully placed the lilies between the two graves before stepping back. Then, almost instinctively, all three lowered their heads in respect before standing straight once more.For twelve months, after paying their respects at the Alpha Cemetery where their father rested, they always came here afterward. Every month. Without fail.They didn't remember being particularly
Third pov"I cannot believe we're impotent!"A very dramatic voice rang through the car as a very dramatic man slumped against the seat, his long blond hair falling across his face and making him look unreal, as beautiful as an angel—if angels were real. Claude cried out for the fifth time that day, running a hand through his hair as a nonexistent tear rolled down his cheek.His brothers ignored him.Naturally.Yet Claude continued anyway."A whole year!" he cried, clutching his chest in agony. "A year since we've been with a woman. We can't even get hard around women anymore. Ah, my manhood! My beautiful, magnificent manhood!"He looked genuinely heartbroken.No one answered him.Not Silas, who sat quietly with one leg crossed over the other, glasses resting on the bridge of his nose as he flipped through a document, nor Lucien, who sat between them dressed entirely in black. One arm rested against the window while the other held a cigar between his fingers, his face cold and unreada
Lilith povMy heart clenched."No... no..." Claude's voice followed immediately after, panicked and trembling. "That's not possible. No. No!"Fear, grief, and desperation poured from every word.Slowly, I opened my eyes. I took a deep breath and carefully lowered my father's body onto the ground. The moment I stood, my body swayed. The wind brushed against me and I felt it.My soul.It was disappearing.Erasing itself from existence.I lowered my gaze. My fingers were becoming transparent. Golden particles drifted from my skin, dissolving into the air like scattered starlight. I stared at them for only a second before turning around and walking, step by step, toward the three men kneeling in the distance.Toward Lucien.Toward Silas.Toward Claude.Toward the people I had been destined to leave behind.Silas and Claude lifted their heads the moment I stopped before them, and their expressions shattered what remained of my heart."Lilith..."Claude's lips trembled. He was crying. The m
Lilith povIt was all because of one man. Because of one man's greed, my parents died. Because of one man's ambition, the late Alpha died. Because of one man's madness, countless people suffered. Because of one man's decision to gather monsters around him, to nurture them, to command them, entire lives had been destroyed before they were ever given a chance to bloom.Lora, her tribe, her family. So many packs. The children who lost their families. The mothers who buried their sons. The fathers who buried their daughters. It was all because Samuel existed but as I stared at him, trembling before me, something became painfully clear.What if Samuel had never existed? What if he had been born kind? What if there had been another version of him? A better version. A version that never became a monster. Would the world have been different? Would there be no suffering? Would there be no innocent people crying somewhere?No.There would still be someone. Someone greedy. Someone cruel. Som
Samuel pov The golden dagger. She was fusing with it. For the first time, my mind didn’t keep up. It didn’t calculate, didn’t predict, didn’t try to make sense of what I was seeing. It just… stopped. Empty. Just like that. Like it had done once before, years ago, when my parents stood in front of me trying to teach me what emotions were supposed to look like. Back then it had been blankness, a hollow absence where reactions were meant to be. But this time was different. This time, something forced its way through that emptiness. My chest tightened. My pulse kicked violently against my ribs. My body locked up in place as if it had forgotten how to move. Fear. Was this really fear? I tilted my head slightly, staring, eyes widened in a way I didn’t even realize I was doing, watching her like I couldn’t decide what I was feeling. Her body jerked violently as the golden dagger dissolved, no longer a weapon but a surge of pure light pouring straight into her chest as if it ha
Lilith povFlashback.A few hours earlier, before the carnival."Beta Lilith! I can't wait to have fun today! I know this is going to be the best day ever!"Lora's excited voice echoed through the room as Theila dragged her toward the door while Verya followed behind with an amused smile. The moment I agreed to attend the carnival, Lora had practically beamed with excitement, laughing as Theila pulled her out of the room.I couldn't help smiling as I watched them leave.Slowly, I rose from my chair to get ready but then—"Lilith."I froze."Drevena?"For a moment, I thought I had imagined it. Something was different, her voice. The usual arrogance, mockery, and pride were gone. For once, she sounded anxious. Almost human, slowly, I sat back down."Drevena?" Concern slipped into my voice. "What is wrong?"Several seconds passed before she finally spoke."Do you know why the Moon Goddess chose you to be my human?"I blinked."What?""Out of every human in existence, why did she choose y
Dravena povAs soon as those words left my lips, the wolf in front of me growled and lunged without hesitation, charging straight at me with a speed that should have blurred but to me, it happened in slow motion.Every movement stretched out as he raced toward me. I stood perfectly still, eyes lock
Lilith povWe were in trouble. In serious trouble.Ever since I turned eighteen, I hadn’t gotten my wolf. Honestly, I hadn’t minded, hadn’t cared when people called me wolfless, worthless, a jinx. They were just words. In life, when you had more pressing matters, like your father dying in a war a
Silas pov Six hours ago. Something was wrong. Something that made me uneasy. Something I couldn’t quite place, but my gut knew, knew that something was off. As I sat, legs crossed in the moving car, my mind wasn’t on the book in my hands, nor on my gamma’s words as he drove, his voice carrying t
Dervic povHunger. That was all I felt.The insatiable hunger inside me to feel lives slowly fade beneath my hands, to feel their pulse weaken as my fingers tightened around their throats. The desire to watch that flicker of fear in their eyes dim and dim until nothing remained. The urge— viole







