ログインAmarok's POVI knew I was losing her..The realization struck me with a force I hadn't expected.Liora was still standing between us, but something had changed. Her eyes weren't fixed on me anymore, they were on Kael and that infuriated me.I had expected Kael to threaten her, I had expected him to command her, I had expected him to remind her that she was his prisoner.I had not expected him to look at her with that strange vulnerability and say those fucking words."I need you here."Those four words had done more damage than any threat could have and I could see the hesitation in Liora's expression, the way her shoulders had relaxed slightly, the way her eyes had softened.She was thinking about it. She was actually thinking about staying.Damn him.I clenched my fists."Liora. You can't let those words fool you" I said and she looked at me.Her eyebrows drew together."I'm not. I'm trying to understand what he meant" she said."He meant exactly what I've been telling you" I continu
Fay's POVAs I followed Vesha deeper into the estate, I was becoming increasingly certain that whatever she was doing had absolutely nothing to do with a harmless walk.I kept several steps between us, ducking behind pillars whenever she slowed down and pressing myself against walls whenever she glanced over her shoulder.The corridor seemed to stretch forever but Vesha moved quickly. Too quickly for someone who was supposedly taking an innocent evening walk.She didn't wander, she didn't hesitate. She knew exactly where she was going.I pulled my shawl tighter around my shoulders."Where are you going, Vesha?"I whispered the question even though she was far enough ahead not to hear me.She turned another corner and I hurried after her then stopped abruptly.Two guards stood at the end of the corridor and my stomach tightened. Beyond them stood a massive iron door. It looked nothing like the doors leading to ordinary rooms.This one was reinforced with thick metal bands, and a heavy
Liora's POVThe garden had become a battlefield without a single weapon being drawn. Amarok stood to my left, Alpha Kael stood several feet away on my right and somehow, I was the one caught between them.Neither of them looked willing to take a step back and they didn't look willing to let me make a decision without trying to influence it.My heart hammered painfully against my ribs."Come with me, Liora," Amarok said. His voice was calmer now, but there was still urgency beneath it. "You don't owe Kael anything."Alpha Kael's eyes immediately hardened."Enough."Amarok glanced at him."You don't get to decide when I've said enough" he shot at him."I do in my territory" Alpha Kael replied.Amarok frowned. "This isn't about your territory" he said.Alpha Kael's jaw tightened."It is when you're standing inside it" he countered. Amarok gave a humorless laugh."Everything is about control with you" he said.Kael took a step forward."And everything is about taking what doesn't belong
Fay's POVSomething was wrong and I knew it. No matter how much I tried to calm myself down and reassure myself I was overthinking the situation, I had this sick feeling that I was unable to ignore.I could feel it in the pit of my stomach.Liora had promised she wouldn't be gone for long but she was still gone. Maybe I should've tried harder to stop her from leaving, but she would've gone either way. She had promised not to go but she still had left because that was the kind of person she was. Once she made up her mind about something, it was hard to make her change her mind.I paced across her bedroom for what felt like the hundredth time, glancing toward the open window.The curtains swayed gently in the night breeze and every time they moved, my heart jumped.What if someone had caught her? What if Alpha Kael had found her?What if—"No."I shook my head."Liora is fine."I said the words aloud as though repeating them could make them true."She's fine."I walked toward the wind
Alpha Kael's POV(Several Moments Earlier)The moment I realized the gun had never been the real threat, everything fell into place.None of it had been a coincidence. Someone had wanted me away from the rest of the estate, someone had known exactly which weakness to exploit.And there was only one name that came to mind.Amarok.My jaw clenched. That bastard had somehow found another way to sink his claws into my territory.I turned toward the corridor."I don't have time for this" I said.The guard immediately raised the gun again."Don't move!"I stopped then slowly, I looked over my shoulder."You still don't understand what you've done" I said."I said I won't let you leave!" He threatened. "You think that weapon gives you power over me?" I asked.His hands trembled."It can kill you" he replied. I turned fully toward him."Perhaps, but you're forgetting something."His eyes narrowed."I'm an Alpha and you're pointing a weapon at someone who has been fighting killers since befo
Liora's POVI couldn't breathe. Amarok's words kept replaying inside my head. I stared at him, but somehow I wasn't really seeing him anymore.My mind had transported me somewhere else, back to every moment I had spent with Alpha Kael, every strange look, every unanswered question, every time he had touched me.Had all of it been a lie?My fingers curled tightly into the fabric of my dress."No..."Amarok watched me carefully."Liora."I shook my head."You're wrong. You don't know what you're talking about" I said.His expression hardened."I'm not. I've spent a considerate amount of time investigating your bloodline" he replied. "But you don't know Kael" I said."I know enough about him" he replied. My voice cracked."You don't" I countered. He took a slow breath."Then tell me I'm wrong" he said.I opened my mouth but nothing came out because I didn't know. I had always assumed my blood was dangerous.I thought perhaps that was why Alpha Kael hadn't killed me immediately. Maybe
The Alpha Losing ControlKael’s POV“Your blood… shouldn’t exist.”The words left my mouth before I could stop them.For a moment, silence settled between us.Liora stared at me as if I had spoken a language she did not understand. Her breathing was uneven, her chest rising and falling beneath the
Liora’s POV“She is dangerous.”Alpha Kael’s voice followed me like a shadow as the guards dragged me from the room.My feet barely touched the floor as they hauled me through the doorway, their grips iron-tight around my arms. The heavy doors slammed shut behind us with a thunderous boom that ech
Alpha Kael's POVThe fire’s warmth did nothing to chase the chill that had settled into my chest. She knelt there, slick with oil, the faint scent of jasmine clinging to her skin. The linen she wore was thin, clinging to her body, leaving nothing to the imagination. Every curve, every swell, ever
I still remember the smell of smoke, thick and chocking, curling into my lungs, and the sound of my mother’s screams echoing through the house as she was slaughtered along with my father for trusting the wrong people.Though it has been a long time since that night, it is burned into me as if it ha







