MasukLilith 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
Drevena pov Isla dropped instantly to the ground, gasping as she hit it. Her hands flew to her throat, rubbing at it desperately while she coughed, eyes already burning with rage. Her fangs bared fully now as a low, shaking growl tore from her chest. And then, they moved again. Both of them. George and Isla charged towards me with no hesitation this time. The air snapped tight as they lunged again from opposite sides, trying to crush me between them in one clean strike. I exhaled softly and chuckled, shifting just slightly to the side just as Georgeās claws tore through empty space where I had been standing a fraction of a second ago. At the same time, I tilted my head back, letting Islaās strike pass so close it cut the air above my throat. My feet barely moved, my hands stayed loose. Calm. Almost bored. āMmā¦ā I hummed softly, glancing between them as they immediately adjusted, turning sharply to face me again. āThatās better.ā A small smile curved my lips. āBut still slo
The world paused the moment Lucien said those words. I didnāt think it was possible, but the air around me grew even more suffocating, like the auras of the three Alphas had intensified all at once. I wasnāt even sure how it had come to this point. When I prepared to enter this ritual, Iād expect
NnnghāGoddess, please⦠right there, Alpha Silas. Please, right there.ā I wasnāt sure where I found the courage to speak like that, but the words tumbled out of me as my eyes fluttered shut. I could feel his gaze burning into me as his fingers moved faster, hitting that exact spot again and again
I was going to die. I knew this because of the deadly intent radiating from Lucien, because of those cold emotionless eyes as he strangled me. For the grave act I had committed, death was the only outcome. I knew all of this before choosing to participate in the ritual, that if I were caught, t
Lilith povAwkward.That was the word I would use to describe this situation right now.It was so awkward.I sat on the picnic blanket, my face flushed, my heart still racing, my fingers fidgeting with the hem of my dress as the most breathtaking men sat before meāSilas in brown, Lucien in black, a







