تسجيل الدخولNaya’s POVThe way Zane stormed out didn’t need explanation.It was written all over him the rigid set of his shoulders, the sharpness in his voice, the way the door slammed harder than necessary. He was angry.Typical Zane.When things didn’t go his way, when he couldn’t control the situation, when something slipped out of his grip… anger was always his first response. It used to intimidate me once. Now, sitting here with everything I had seen, everything I had remembered, it only made something inside me tighten in a different way.Because this wasn’t just about him anymore.This mess… this feud, this hatred, this tangled history… it didn’t start today. But somehow, it had all circled back to me.And I was going to end it.The door clicked shut, sealing the room in a quiet that felt heavier than before. I let out a slow breath, then turned my attention to the one person Zane hated seeing near me.Louise.For a moment, neither of us spoke.But what caught me off guard wasn’t his pres
Zane’s POVThe door creaked.It was a small sound… barely noticeable under normal circumstances but in the silence that had wrapped itself around the room, it cut through sharply enough to pull my attention instantly.For a brief second, something in my chest eased.Winnie.It had to be her. I’d sent her to get a few things Naya might need anything to make her more comfortable when she woke up. The thought of her waking in a cold, unfamiliar hospital room without anything of her own didn’t sit right with me.So I looked up.Expecting relief.Expecting familiarity.Instead…My jaw tightened.Every bit of ease I’d felt vanished so quickly it almost felt like it had never been there.Louise.Ruby.And behind them… Nikolas.A slow, dangerous anger settled deep in my chest as I pushed myself up from the chair beside Naya’s bed, my gaze locking directly onto Louise.“What the fuck are you doing here?”There was no attempt to soften it. No restraint.Just pure irritation… sharp and unfiltere
Naya’s POV“They are coming, Naya! You need to go…!”The urgency in her voice sliced through the fog in my head, sharp and commanding, but before I could even form a response…before I could ask who or how… her figure broke apart right in front of me.Not fading nor vanishing.It was breaking like ash caught in a violent wind, her body scattered into tiny fragments of light and disappeared into nothing.I stood there, frozen.The silence she left behind was louder than her warning.My chest rose and fell unevenly as I turned slowly, my eyes scanning the room, searching for another exit, an escape route, anything… but there was nothing.Just the door in front of me.My fingers curled slightly as I swallowed hard, forcing my feet to move despite the weight pressing down on my body. Every step felt heavier than the last, like something unseen was trying to hold me back.But I didn’t let it stop me.My hand reached for the handle.For a second, I hesitated.Then I pulled it open and walked
Zane’s POV“What do you need…?”The question came out lower than I intended, rough at the edges, like something inside me had already started giving in before I even finished asking it.For a moment, no one spoke.Then the woman stepped forward, her presence steady, almost unnervingly calm in contrast to the storm clawing through my chest.“We need to be in her room,” she said. “I’ll channel the energy from her belongings… and find her.”Her words should have brought relief.Instead, doubt followed immediately.I glanced at Louise, then at Ruby, searching their faces for something.., maybe certainty.. but found nothing I could hold on to. Just tension. Just waiting.My gaze returned to the woman.“You’re sure you can find her?” I asked, my voice tightening despite myself.She didn’t hesitate.“The goddess sent me here for a reason,” she replied quietly. “I believe that reason is to find her.”Something about the way she said it… like it wasn’t a guess, like it wasn’t hope, but fact..
Zane’s POV“I’ll ask again, you piece of shit… what the fuck are you doing here?!”The words tore out of me before I could even think to restrain them, raw and edged with everything boiling inside my chest. I didn’t care that we had just been in the middle of a fight, didn’t care that Valkyra had nearly turned the entire grounds into a graveyard. The only thing that mattered was the man standing in front of me… the last person I ever wanted to see anywhere near my pack.Louise.He opened his mouth, already looking like he was about to spit something just as venomous back, but before he could, Ruby’s hand slipped into his, tightening just enough to stop him.I saw it… the way his jaw clenched, the way his nostrils flared… like he was swallowing something he very much wanted to say.It didn’t make me trust him.Not even close.“Alpha…” Ruby’s voice cut in, softer, controlled, and entirely out of place in the middle of the tension choking the air. She dipped her head slightly, a gesture
Zane’s POVThe moment Valkyra’s feet left the ground, something inside me went still.Not out of fear… no, I’d felt fear before, faced and broken through it… but this… this was something else entirely. It was the kind of shock that settles deep in your bones, quiet and heavy, because your mind is still trying to catch up with what your eyes are already seeing.She was rising.Slowly at first, like the earth itself had loosened its grip on her, and then higher, steadier and very unnatural.The wind answered to her gravity.It came out of nowhere, curling around her body in sharp, restless currents, lifting strands of her hair, tugging at her clothes, as though the air itself had bent to her will. And then the smoke followed… thick, black, twisting around her like a living thing, wrapping and unwrapping in slow, hypnotic spirals.Her eyes…They weren’t hers anymore.It had turned pitch black, empty and void of emotion.And the way her arms stretched outward, palms open as if embracing s
Naya’s POV The moment the words left my mouth, regret hit me like a physical blow. “I, Naya Rowenfall… accept your challenge.” What the fuck had I just done? My heart slammed so hard against my ribs I thought it might burst. My hands began to shake, even though I kept them clenched at my sides
Zane’s POV Katherine’s retreating back burned into my vision. I stood rooted where I was, my fists clenched so tight my knuckles ached, watching her storm out of the council chamber like she had just won instead of lost. She was guilty. I knew it. Every damn Elder in this room knew it but then
Zane’s POVMy study felt too small for the storm raging inside my head.I paced from one end of the room to the other, fists clenching and unclenching, my jaw locked so tight it hurt. Naya’s words from earlier still echoed in my skull.You don’t deserve to be Alpha.My wolf hadn’t defended me this
Katherine’s POV The moment Celia pointed at me, the world tilted. For half a second, I couldn’t even breathe. Then rage exploded through me. “You lying bitch!” I screamed, jumping to my feet so hard my chair screeched across the floor. “Who paid you to say that? Who put you up to this?!” Gasps







